Vortex

Inspiration: A vortex is an energy spiral of powerful intensity, attracting and drawing in everything in its environment.  Life has moments of transformation, when energy attracts every single element, forcing transition and great change.  The result is passion, inspiration, expression and renewed hope.

Message: Hope should be a feeling always present in human beings – if it is not, nothing can make sense.  Life is an enormous field of possibilities.  We, as humans, embrace the opportunity to explore, to capture every wonder we find, to enrich our moment.

Explanation: A series of twelve pieces depicting the development of union, movement, explosion and – finally – the diffusion of elements flowing unendingly in the wonderful, creative experience.  In every piece, the collection presents elements in disorder (which represents life’s options), formed by energy in a centrifugal, flowing movement.  The phenomenon carries through the series, creating the vortex and climax of inspiration, and then allowing the opportunities to begin the process again.

Materials: Cement built with gesso and sea sand, on canvas.  Every piece has a different pattern but all are connected in form as a vortex is created and subsides in a repetitive cycle.  Line is replaced by an organic flowing and swirling texture.  The color is a vibrant, bold and dramatic red, in contrast with an underlying subtle but strong darker red, emphasizing the textures.  It is a composition of passion.