Nirvana

This elongated composition stages a surreal custodial figure whose mask-like face hovers above a cascade of ribboned forms, as if breath and thought have been translated into soft, descending currents. Warm ochres and creams pulse against a cool, bruised blue ground, creating a psychological chiaroscuro where tenderness and unease coexist, and the eye is guided downward into a curled, womb-like repose. The stacked anatomy—head, flowing “beard,” and sheltered body—reads as an allegory of protection and burden: a guardian spirit cradling vulnerability while the surrounding color-field flickers like an interior dream made visible. In its simplified features and tactile, stained edges, the work suggests memory as a totem—imperfectly held together, yet insistently luminous.