WATER LILIES FLOATING Painting

I make use of natural reflection to abstract reality. Through the water, light transmutes recognizable objects, and this transformation creates the appearance of new objects and shapes that, when seen together, is greater than the sum of its parts. I call this approach Abstracted Realism --- Abstracted because the work is not merely an attempt to replicate a real life object, and, Realism, because the work always makes reference to the natural world. Within this approach, I consider myself a formalist artist, as my main concern always lies with the use of colours, lines, shapes, and rhythms that, together, form the essence of the work. I want to use these artistic elements in beautifully-crafted and highly-detailed ways, in order to stimulate an awareness of different levels of reality and of being, ultimately eliciting in viewers an elevated emotional response.