

Within the circular field, a sepia-toned figure emerges like an apparition burned into woodβpart portrait, part totemβits features layered into a quiet palimpsest of eyes, dotted markings, and stitched contours. The restrained palette and scorched linework collapse depth into a single warm plane, letting negative space act as breath while the dense cluster of symbols reads as memory condensed into the body. A cup-like form hovers at the chest as if offering sustenance or ritual, suggesting the self as both vessel and altar where private mythologies gather and refuse to fully resolve.







