The Source
Some moments don’t announce themselves. They arrive in silence—just a shift in breath, a stillness in the body, a decision not yet made but already forming.
This painting is a self-portrait, though not drawn from a mirror. It is a reflection seen through the eyes of someone close—a moment observed from the outside, yet deeply internal. It captures the artist just before he began the BEHIND series, a quiet moment of readiness before the act of creation.
There is no urgency here. The figure is grounded, calm, and open. The blue expanse before him isn’t a wall, but a window—a metaphor for imagination, for the endless space where thoughts begin to take shape before they are named.
It is a portrait of presence, of waiting without rushing, of trusting the stillness before movement. The body is still, but not stagnant. The composition holds that fragile space where inspiration has not yet arrived—but the door is open.
“The Source” is a painting about looking inward. About what happens when nothing seems to be happening.
About the place that becomes the source from which all other places begin to flow.
