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Tag: Light and shadow

Oil painting, 30x40 cm. A clinical study of a Monopoly dog token, lying on its back in a position suggesting death or total surrender. The figure is rendered in cold blue and grey tones, casting a long, heavy shadow across a flat, ochre-tinted background. The composition emphasizes the stiffness of the object, stripping the toy of its playful context.

Who killed the dog?

Day 247 of Current Days: A severe case of a dog Who killed the Dog? Taxes. At Park Lane. Case study of a dog based on Monopoly game…

Oil painting on canvas, 60x80 cm. A close-up study of a deer skull viewed in profile against a dark background. The bone texture is rendered with raw, heavy brushstrokes, emphasizing the ivory and gray tones. The skull is bathed in the warm, low-angle light of the final minutes of dusk, casting a sharp, elongated shadow on the wall behind it. The composition is clinical and still.

Bad Attitude: Residual

A skull viewed from the side always has the look of someone in a fine mood. A grin full of teeth.

Everything is fueled by the sun

Day 225. Everything is fueled by the sun

The reserve of solar energy I gathered in the summer is running out. I feel the depletion in my bones. Everything is fueled by the sun.

Beautiful things happen in the shadows. Meditations on a Clove Branch – underpainting, 50x70cm, oil on board, 2026

Day 224. The most beautiful things happen in the shadows

Beautiful things happen in the shadows. Shadow is a sanctuary for thoughts that wish to remain hidden. Spirits forage among the leaves.

Meditation on ceramic bird

Day 213.

Dear, I’m thinking about the progress of the work. Painting has this quality where, unlike digital art, the history of a piece remains only in photographs (if one…