Large Floral Painting on Linen Canvas "Wabi-Sabi Fragments" - 96 × 96 × 2 cm (37.8 × 37.8 × 0.8 in)
In Japanese aesthetic philosophy, wabi-sabi names a quiet truth: that beauty does not live in perfection, but in impermanence. In what is incomplete, asymmetrical, fleeting. In the moment a flower opens — and in the moment it begins to fall.
This painting is not about flowers. It is about presence.
Branches move without destination. Petals — indigo, teal, crimson, blush — drift through atmospheric depth as though gravity were only a suggestion. Nothing is anchored. Nothing is finished. And precisely in this incompleteness, the work becomes whole.
The painting belongs to my ongoing exploration of presence — a practice rooted in the teachings of Eckhart Tolle, who reminds us that flowers are messengers from another world, a bridge between form and the formless. To paint them is, for me, an act of inner stillness. Each stroke is made not from intention, but from attention.
Built layer by layer with a palette knife on 100% linen canvas, the surface holds visible weight, texture, and breath. The work shifts with the light throughout the day — never the same painting twice. Like wabi-sabi itself, it asks not to be possessed, but to be witnessed.
This is not decoration. This is a quiet space, held in colour and texture.
Series: Breath of Now
Medium: Mixed media on 100% linen canvas
Dimensions: 96 × 96 × 2 cm (37.8 × 37.8 × 0.8 in)
Year: 2026
Signed and dated by the artist
Comes with Certificate of Authenticity