Collection – “The Spirit of a Thing” (2020–2024)
This body of work developed between 2020 and 2024 around the prompt “the spirit of a thing.” The phrase draws on the idea of mononoke—a presence or essence inhabiting a thought, place, or feeling—encountered through the film Princess Mononoke.
The paintings emerge through a meditative, intuitive process: a conversation between intention, colour, and surface. Colour carries the emotional tone and energy of the work, allowing the image to reveal itself gradually.
The figures that appear are female archetypes—priestess, princess, queen—at once futuristic and traditional. Their forms are suggested through shapes that echo ceremonial dress or headdress, dissolving into atmosphere. Only the points of interaction remain precise: the hands and the face.
Each painting becomes the presence of an inner image—a thought, feeling, or memory. What emerges is not a portrait of a person, but the visible trace of something less tangible: the spirit of an idea, quietly looking back at us.
