Thresholds of Becoming

Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Veils of Silence is a richly textured abstract triptych that explores stillness, erosion, and emotional depth through color, surface, and vertical rhythm. Each panel carries its own atmospheric presence - the left panel’s cooler blue-greys and fractured striations evoke rain, distance, and quiet tension; the central panel’s darker, denser layers suggest introspection, enclosure, and submerged memory; and the right panel’s softened turquoise tones and worn textures convey release, lightness, and gradual calm.
Unified by vertical drips, incised lines, and heavily layered acrylic textures, the three works read as both independent fields and a continuous visual environment. The surfaces bear traces of scraping, scoring, and pooling paint, revealing a history of gesture and material resistance. These linear scars and subtle grids hint at architecture, passageways, and the fragile boundary between structure and dissolution.
Together, the panels function as a meditation on inner weather—emotional states that shift between heaviness and clarity, containment and flow. The triptych format reinforces a sense of progression, as if the viewer is moving through successive atmospheric or psychological zones. The work invites slow looking and quiet reflection, offering a space where texture becomes memory and surface becomes a record of time, pressure, and release.

Inspiration:
This triptych was inspired by moments of silence found in natural and emotional landscapes - rain-soaked windows, fogged horizons, deep water, and the quiet that follows emotional intensity. I was drawn to the idea of veils: layers that both conceal and reveal, softening what lies beneath while allowing traces to remain visible. The vertical drips and scarred surfaces echo rainfall, tears, and the slow erosion of memory, suggesting a gentle dialogue between vulnerability and resilience.

Artist Statement:
My work centers on texture as an emotional language. Using layered acrylic, carving, and scraping techniques, I build surfaces that hold traces of movement, hesitation, and revision. Each mark becomes a record of time and presence. In Veils of Silence, I wanted the surface to feel weathered and intimate - like a wall that has absorbed years of breath, rain, and quiet thought. The process is intuitive and physical, allowing chance and control to coexist, and letting material resistance shape the final form.