Collection: Lydia Avsec

The paintings in Closer shift between distance and intimacy. Inspired by the colours, textures, and atmospheres found in nature, the work moves between the microscopic and the expansive—suggesting cellular forms, weather systems, terrain, growth, and light without settling into direct representation.

Built through layers and layers of accumulated marks, obscuring, and reworking, the surfaces carry a sense of both construction and dissolution. From a distance, the paintings appear atmospheric and immersive; up close, they fracture into dense networks of texture and gesture. This movement between macro and micro perspectives became central to the work, inviting viewers into a slower experience of looking where perception continually shifts.

The title Closer speaks both to physical proximity and emotional longing. The paintings ask the viewer to move nearer in order to fully experience them, while simultaneously holding a sense of distance and instability. Forms emerge and disappear depending on where one stands; clarity is never fixed, only changing through attention and time.

Through repetition and accumulation, the paintings become spaces for contemplation, meditation, and feeling—holding tension between presence and absence, attachment and separation.