Oil on Canvas
61 cm wide x 91 cm tall
PROVENANCE: On hand at artist’s studio. Signed R14 on front bottom right. Artists seal and Certificate of Authenticity in Sleeve on back.
An irregular pale opening is held within nested pink contours, suspended against a deep crimson ground. The form tilts slightly, its rounded frame projecting forward like a small sculptural object. Below it, a darker red support descends into the surrounding color. The image is spare, yet the relationship between enclosure and opening gives it a concentrated, almost ceremonial presence.
Leftside Handle That Opens the Door to the Beginning turns the idea of a threshold into an object of contemplation. The luminous center does not disclose a clear destination; soft gray-green traces hover within it, suggesting depth without describing a room or landscape. Around that uncertainty, the pink border feels substantial. Its shifting edges and shaded sides invite the eye to test whether this is a door, a handle, a mirror, or a shape that precedes all three.
The restricted range of reds and pinks directs attention toward proportion, light, and the subtle displacement of one contour by another. A single cool interior interrupts the warmth, creating the sense of something withheld just beyond the surface. The painting's vertical format reinforces the encounter with an upright presence. It rewards the kind of looking in which a small visual difference changes the entire reading: an opening becomes a reflection, a frame becomes a body, and the beginning named in the title remains a possibility.
Oil on Canvas
61 cm wide x 91 cm tall
PROVENANCE: On hand at artist’s studio. Signed R14 on front bottom right. Artists seal and Certificate of Authenticity in Sleeve on back.
An irregular pale opening is held within nested pink contours, suspended against a deep crimson ground. The form tilts slightly, its rounded frame projecting forward like a small sculptural object. Below it, a darker red support descends into the surrounding color. The image is spare, yet the relationship between enclosure and opening gives it a concentrated, almost ceremonial presence.
Leftside Handle That Opens the Door to the Beginning turns the idea of a threshold into an object of contemplation. The luminous center does not disclose a clear destination; soft gray-green traces hover within it, suggesting depth without describing a room or landscape. Around that uncertainty, the pink border feels substantial. Its shifting edges and shaded sides invite the eye to test whether this is a door, a handle, a mirror, or a shape that precedes all three.
The restricted range of reds and pinks directs attention toward proportion, light, and the subtle displacement of one contour by another. A single cool interior interrupts the warmth, creating the sense of something withheld just beyond the surface. The painting's vertical format reinforces the encounter with an upright presence. It rewards the kind of looking in which a small visual difference changes the entire reading: an opening becomes a reflection, a frame becomes a body, and the beginning named in the title remains a possibility.
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