I see the water surface as a kind of entrance to a parallel reality: we as humans are living outside the water, but underneath the surface is a whole world, so different from ours. In this world I often observe how nature thrives and overcomes remnants of human activity.
“Thriving” depicts coral growth on this kind of a human-made structure. The work reflects the resilience and transformative power of nature, as well as the transience of human technology and notions of progress.
50 x40 cm, oil on wood panel, ready to hang, with a white border about 2 cm deep. Varnished. Signed on the front and back.