Year: 2024
Dimensions: 120 x 80 cm
Technique: Oil on canvas
The shadow does not follow. It precedes. It waits at the edge of the light, patient as a beast that has learned the shape of its prey. This is not the shadow that objects cast—it is the shadow that cast objects, the darkness that existed before form was given to the world.
Figures gather at the threshold, their faces half-lit, their bodies caught between the known and the unknown. They do not turn to see what approaches; they know that turning would not change what is already there.
The danger is not visible. It is felt. It is the cold that enters the room before the door opens. The weight that presses against the air, seeking a way in.