Aureate
60 × 60 inches
Mixed media: Alcohol ink, black India ink, acrylic, and metallic gold pigment on synthetic paper, digitized and printed as a giclée archival pigment print on heavyweight, museum-grade textured art paper, then hand-finished with layered ink and paint.
Aureate
This work explores the moment where form, light, and tension converge within a suspended botanical abstraction. Translucent fields of ivory, crimson, and smoke-black unfold like layered petals, intersected by luminous veins of metallic gold that function as both connective tissue and fault line. The alcohol ink creates soft cellular gradients and atmospheric depth, while acrylic introduces structure and opacity that anchors the composition.
The composition suggests a flower in the act of transformation rather than bloom, a state between emergence and collapse. The gold acts as a visual pulse, guiding the eye through a network of fractures and unions, symbolizing both fragility and resilience. The piece reflects the ongoing dialogue between beauty and rupture, delicacy and force, order and entropy.