The Parallel Cycles series draws attention to the deep yet increasingly fragile connection between humans and nature. Through intertwining motifs of the female body and natural forms, I explore how nature’s processes are reflected within us: growth, transformation, transience and rebirth.
In Disconnected from Gaia, a young nude sits with her back to the viewer on a textured surface resembling cracked, parched earth. Abandonment, loneliness, withering. Young adults are often drawn to cities, far from nature. The painting reflects on this longing: becoming disconnected from nature also means becoming disconnected from ourselves and our humanity. The figure is not sharply separated from her surroundings: her contours dissolve among organic structures and overlapping layers of paint.
Layers built up with a specialised priming medium give the surface a tactile quality. These textures are more than formal elements: they evoke earth, plant tissues, human skin and the traces of time.
Muted grey and brown tones and the partially dissolving figure create a quiet, meditative space. Viewed up close, the painting reveals subtle details and layers of material; from a distance, it resolves into a unified, almost landscape-like composition.
The works in the Parallel Cycles series explore whether we can once again perceive nature as part of our own existence — as a living system to which we are connected through our bodies, memories and inner rhythms, rather than simply as our external surroundings.
This is an original, one-of-a-kind artwork, signed and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
140 × 70 cm
Year: 2024
Original, one-of-a-kind artwork
Signed and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity
Unframed
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