About This Painting:

The work resists literalism. Instead, it occupies a liminal space where abstraction and bodily memory intertwine. The central burst of pigment — vibrant, vulnerable, unapologetically present — becomes a site of transformation, a threshold between interior and exterior worlds. In this hyper-magnified scale, what is usually overlooked becomes inescapably seen, demanding a confrontation with the tender, often-unspoken layers of being.

The painting asks: what does it mean to remain open in a world that rewards closure? What radiance is possible when we surrender the armouring of the self? By rendering this act of exposure monumental, the painting becomes a quiet manifesto for vulnerability — not as weakness, but as a potent and necessary form of resistance.

Inspiration

This work delves into the radical act of openness — not as a passive state, but as a luminous gesture of courage in an age defined by retreat and concealment. Through a composition that magnifies form and hue to an almost cellular intimacy, the painting becomes less an image and more an immersion. Saturated reds encircle a core of golden warmth, evoking a visceral unfolding that is at once sensual and symbolic.