Original artwork description:

This series is the result of some personal meditations on the inescapable principle that everything in life changes constantly and that everything one day will end.
The sand dunes with their ever-changing shape are a metaphor for impermanence. The dunes are never fixed, they move, they change, and they will eventually disappear.
There is something sad about this principle but it’s such a fundamental aspect of life that it can’t be denied. I think that it would be more damaging to ignore it and live in some sort of illusion that inevitably leads to suffering. Resisting what is can only make it worse, so I thought of trying to look at it from a positive perspective, as something we can learn to contemplate, embrace and honour. That’s the reason why I chose a very vibrant and positive colour pallet.

There is a beautiful poem I read somewhere that said that anything that came to us as a gift from the Universe, the people who are dear to us, our home, our pets, and anything we love, one they will be returned to the Universe because nothing is ours forever. I found this poem very moving and profoundly inspiring.

In many spiritual traditions, a way of navigating impermanence is through nonattachment and the constant awareness that everything is ephemeral. Personally, I have always struggled with nonattachment, especially in the past, I used to tend to attach and cling obsessively to almost everything. In time I have learnt to let it go and that’s the reason why I decided to create this series.
Everything has a beginning and an end, it’s the principle of life that is also mirrored in the simple and yet vital action of breathing (taking in, holding, and releasing).

I tried to rethink some existential topics like change and even death. I wanted to suggest a different approach to these principles and to embrace it with a sense of acceptance and peace. These canvases represent impermanence, but also I want them to be an anchor to the present moment to remind us to appreciate and enjoy anything good that we have right here, right now.

Acrylic, oil and collage on canvas 76x102cm
The juxtaposition of the three techniques (digital, oil and acrylic) creates a distinctive depth and intensity.

Materials used:

Acrylic, oil and collage on canvas

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