Acrylic on Canvas
45 x 35 cm
2025  
This painting explores the complex and often contradictory nature of love through a surreal and symbolic visual language. At the center of the composition floats an organic, heart-like form composed of intertwined ribbons of color — deep reds, warm oranges, and soft flesh tones. The form appears alive, constantly transforming, suggesting the emotional turbulence that accompanies love: tenderness, passion, confusion, suffering, and vulnerability.

The composition is loosely inspired by The Castle of the Pyrenees by René Magritte. In Magritte’s work, a floating rock supports a castle — an image often interpreted as a metaphor for impossible or illusory dreams. Referencing this idea, the suspended form in Reminiscence of Love becomes a symbol of emotional “air castles”: the fragile and sometimes unrealistic dreams people build around love. These dreams can feel powerful and beautiful, yet they often exist in a delicate balance between hope and illusion.

Reminiscence of Love

Transformation

Before bloom

2026  •  Oil on Canvas
50 x 40 cm
This work continues my exploration of organic, flowing forms inspired by nature, but here the image becomes more introspective and personal. The central shape resembles a drifting mollusk — a Nautilus, slowly moving through deep water, enclosed within its delicate shell.

For me, this form is about a state of being. It reflects a quiet, solitary movement through life — a sense of floating forward while remaining partially protected, even hidden, behind a fragile but beautiful exterior.

The title Nautilus Pompilius, often translated as “common boat,” carries a subtle romanticism. It connects the image to my personal attraction to the sea, to ships, and to the idea of a journey — slow, thoughtful, and inward. Like a small vessel drifting through vast space, the figure exists somewhere between isolation and freedom. Softness and motion intertwine with a quiet tension — suggesting that even within stillness, there is constant movement, growth, and direction.

Nautilus Pompilius

Mother

2025   •  Acrylic on Canvas
35 x 45 cm
This painting was the first image that appeared in my mind when I finally felt that I had found my direction in art again. The idea came suddenly — like a spark that ignited my imagination.

The form in the painting is intentionally ambiguous. It can resemble a heart, a flower, or a flame. For me it represents the moment when an inner energy begins to grow and transform into something alive and expressive. The contrast between the darker and the glowing parts reflects the tension between doubt and inspiration that often exists in the creative process.

In many ways, this work marks the beginning of a new chapter in my artistic journey — a moment when intuition took the lead and imagination started flowing freely again.