Creating these works has been a journey—both a personal one and an artistic one. The process itself felt almost meditative, as though the act of painting was a way of tuning out the world and tuning into something deeper within me. With each brushstroke, I wasn’t just adding layers of paint, but also peeling back layers of thought, emotion, and experience. There’s something about working with such a minimalist approach that forces you to focus on the essentials. In this simplicity, there is so much room for complexity beneath the surface.
I used black and white as the foundation, with subtle tones of grey to hint at the transitions between states of mind. To me, these monochromes represent the dark reality of things—those moments where the world feels heavy, uncertain, and confined. But even in those dark spaces, there’s always a push towards something lighter, something more hopeful. The journey in this work is all about that struggle: navigating through darkness in search of light, both in the artwork and within myself.
As I painted, I saw the layers overlap, each one telling its own story while becoming part of something larger. It wasn’t just about creating an image; it was about mapping out the tension between opposing forces, showing how one can’t exist without the other.
The darkness and light, the heavy and the light—the work became a reflection of life itself, of how we move through difficulties but always with the potential to rise above them.
The final work isn’t just a visual work; it’s a process, a moment of self-reflection captured on canvas, where each tone and texture reveals more than meets the eye. I didn’t just want to paint a canvas —I wanted to paint a feeling, a journey, a search for peace.