Strenghts That do not Speak Loudly

A series grounded in restraint, attention, and presence. It resists excess, urgency, and visual noise, proposing silence not as absence, but as density. The works emerge from a slow, embodied process in which seeing precedes explanation. Painting here is not the illustration of an idea, but an act of sustained perception—an ongoing dialogue between body, material, and time. Each layer is the result of decisions made within the act of painting itself, rather than the execution of a predetermined concept. Influenced by the understanding articulated by William Hazlitt—that the pleasure of painting lies in the act of seeing and translating that vision into gesture—this series affirms painting as a practice of attention. Meaning is not declared; it emerges through duration, proximity, and quiet engagement with the surface. These paintings do not seek immediate impact or spectacle. They ask the viewer to slow down, to remain, and to look without expectation. Silence, in this context, is a deliberate position: a refusal to compete in a system that rewards noise. “Silence does not speak loudly “ holds space rather than claiming it. Its strength lies in what it sustains.