Terracotta and Beige Face Painting with Leafless Tree - Intertwined Roots at the Bottom - Buddha Edition

The visual

The face of the Buddha occupies the center of the composition, rendered in shades of stone gray and faded white, almost charcoal-like. It merges with the silhouette of a tree with black, bare branches, whose branches intertwine at the level of the closed gaze. The background is divided into vertical bands of terracotta, burnt orange and beige sand, creating a graphic composition close to a collage. Sinuous white filaments cross the bottom of the work, evoking roots or plumes of smoke. The grainy texture recalls old paper while the contrasts between the warmth of the ochre and the cold of the gray structure the whole. A pictorial treatment combining realistic drawing and abstract blocks gives this painting a dimension that is both spiritual and contemporary. The light seems to emanate from the face itself, a soft anchor point in a shattered decor.