SFUMATO AND THE CONTOURS OF PERCEPTION

These paintings constitute an inquiry into the ontology of perception, utilizing airbrush, resin, and the sfumato technique to destabilize conventional visual hierarchies and foreground the dialectical interplay between presence and absence. Through the deliberate obfuscation of form, the works engage in a rigorous deconstruction of representational clarity, dissolving boundaries between figure and ground while invoking an ephemeral materiality that oscillates between the tangible and the ineffable. The meticulous layering of mediums and the blurred transitions of light and shadow destabilize the observer’s spatial and temporal bearings, transforming the act of observation into an intellectual engagement with the limits of visual cognition. These pieces, far from merely aesthetic, operate as phenomenological inquiries, compelling the observer to confront the unstable, contingent nature of perception and memory within the liminal space between recognition and ambiguity.