Collection · 27 paintings

Black & White
Form without embellishment.

Without color, form, contrast and texture take the center, and the eye slows down. In monochrome every gesture counts, and every shadow becomes a statement.

“Black and white reveals form without embellishment. It’s the architecture of painting.” Ellsworth Kelly

“Black-and-white is always stronger in abstraction; color is distracting in a way.” Gerhard Richter

Each painting in the series is an original, made with bold, gestural brushwork and sculptural layers that hold motion and stillness at once. They are not only visual compositions but tactile ones, made to anchor a space, stir thought and stay.

From a minimal room to an architectural one, they bring graphic clarity and emotional presence. They are meant to be lived with, returned to, and felt.

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