half time ?

This portrait format marks a state of caesura, of pausing, of reordering. The strongly structured, relief-like surface of earth tones and deep black arises from the many layers in which the material is applied, and stands for a phase of upheaval. At the lower centre the painterly layering opens and reveals a cool blue core — a sign of clarity, of depth, and of a gaze beginning to turn inward amid raw surroundings.