Are We There Yet? The Locus Amoenus
Oil on Canvas

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Each work in the Locus Amoenus series is brought to full completion, then partially or entirely erased with sandpaper before being repainted with new elements drawn from evolving memories. This cycle of creation, erasure, and reconstruction is repeated until a sense of visual and emotional harmony emerges. The resulting surface bears the traces of revision and rediscovery, transforming the canvas into a palimpsest of experience. In Locus Amoenus I, layered pigments and atmospheric textures evoke imagined geographies—composites of Brazilian and American landscapes intertwined with newly conceived impressions of European fauna. Nothing is concrete; rather, the forms hover between memory and imagination, redefining the “ideal place” as one of fluid belonging, transformation, and poetic uncertainty.