Untitled 1 (Iron Horse in Wood)

This carved wooden locomotive transforms industrial power into a tender, hand-wrought memory, where every plank-like facet and rounded boiler becomes an ode to craft over speed. The composition runs in a strong diagonal, its repeated wheels and rivet-like joints establishing a rhythmic persistence, while the warm grain reads like a living patina—time embedded in the material itself. Against the softened green backdrop, the engine feels suspended between motion and stillness, suggesting a nostalgia for progress that was once tactile, audible, and intimately made by human hands.