Oil / Ink on Arches - 300gsm 100% Cotton Oil paper Print
Framed - 42x32cm
Paper Format - 40x30cm

This work explores the fragile tension between eroticism and melancholy. Rendered in oil on ink print over Arches 300gsm oil paper, the image is blurred and spectral, resisting clarity and certainty. The open mouth suggests ecstasy, anguish, or both, suspending the figure in a liminal state where desire merges with unease. The softened contours and grain of the paper transform the body from object into affect—less a spectacle than a site of memory and sensation. In its ambiguity, the work evokes early photography and film stills, carrying the weight of fading recollection. Erotic intensity here is not merely celebratory but haunted, charged with absence and longing. What remains is the echo of desire, fleeting and melancholic, suspended in an atmosphere of both intimacy and estrangement.

Added Sep 10, 2025