Underpass

Underpass explores the intersection of structure and motion. Built in layers of paint and textured surface work, the piece pairs muted greyscale fields with deliberate, vivid accents of blue and red. Those colour strikes act like beams of light across a concrete span, while looping gestures and overlapping shapes suggest traffic, passageways, or the underside of a city in flux.

I approached this work without a literal map, letting marks and erasures shape the composition. The top half reads like weathered architecture; the lower half moves darker and denser, as if shadowed by travel and time. A thin horizontal band of bright blue cuts across the middle, anchoring the eye and separating two distinct atmospheres. Textural details — sgraffito, vertical scores, and soft smudges — reward lingering observation and change as light hits the surface.