Obscure

Artwork Info

Oil on aluminum composite panel  
18 x 18 cm. | 7 x 7 in. 
28 x 28 cm. | 11 x 11 in., framing included 
© 2026

This work is about the tiny flickers that make you do a double take. The glimmers in nature and in humans. A small freckle, the shine in the eye or a droplet of water – those delicate and fleeting shimmers of exquisite beauty. In the work the face is half obscured by peony roses and the hidden part of the painting creates mystery and a desire to uncover and unveil. It is a tension between desire and possession or revealing that feels very Proustian. The desire is essentially futile, being a static image, but it is this futility and longing to know the unknown that holds the glimmer for me.