Quintessence (721)

This canvas opens like an abyssal depth. At the center, a vast purple lake spreads, dark and mysterious, resembling an underwater cavern or an inverted cosmos. Around it, greens unfold in moving waves, recalling floating algae or continents in gestation. Brown and ocher cross the composition like ancient lands, fossilized strata of a remembered world. Higher up, white mingles with violet in filigree, creating fine foams, translucent mists, as if the surface itself sought to breathe. Here, the eye dives and gets lost, wavering between chasm and cradle, abyss and womb. For within every darkness lies a light, ready to emerge.