Chasing Rabbits

Chasing Rabbits (2024)
“The darkest hour is never truly black; it is a deep, vibrating ink waiting for the first spark of rebellion from the horizon. To chase rabbits in the dark is to pursue hope before the world even wakes up to see it.”

* The Pre-Dawn Noir: This 60 x 73 cm contemporary painting is an exercise in profound atmospheric tension. It captures the exact, fragile moment when the night is at its heaviest, yet a faint, copper-hued glow begins to bleed through the lower horizon. By applying the Blinkered method, I have submerged the viewer in a vast field of charcoal and obsidian, forcing the eye to seek out the warmth of the emerging sun—a visual metaphor for finding direction in the unknown.

* The Musical Cipher: The title Chasing Rabbits is a surrealist marker within my "sonic diary." It references a track with a driving, subterranean bassline and shimmering, erratic synth notes that mimic the frantic, invisible movement of life in the shadows. I invite the collector to feel the kinetic energy hidden within this darkness; only when the music’s restless tempo aligns with the raw, scratched textures of the linen is the true, electric frequency of this "darkest dawn" unlocked.

* Velvety Shadows: Executed on premium linen canvas, the work’s surface is a study in the density of color. Using unconventional DIY tools—wide industrial scrapers and coarse sponges—I built a deep, matte darkness that seems to absorb light, contrasted sharply by the high-viscosity "embers" of the sunrise at the bottom. This abstract landscape is for the collector who finds beauty in the mysterious and the nocturnal, offering a quiet, powerful reminder that the light is always, inevitably, on its way.