This series of small abstract works marks an intentional pivot toward a quieter, more distilled visual language within my practice. While abstraction has long been an undercurrent in my work, these pieces function as focused studies—experiments in form, rhythm, and restraint. Stripped of overt iconography and narrative references, they lean into the materiality of laser-cut acrylic and the tensions created through industrial hardware and layered color. These works are not departures but extensions—exploring how abstraction can hold emotional weight, cultural residue, and spatial complexity even in the absence of easily legible symbols. In a moment defined by noise and acceleration, this body of work explores stillness, nuance, and the poetics of reduction.

Untitled (Orchid) is lush and spiked, full of contrast and controlled drama. The deep plum body evokes richness and shadow, while a textured triangle—speckled with floral patterns—adds a note of ornamentation or bloom. The form is jagged but upright, almost totemic, with an internal push and pull between structure and flourish. The title nods to the orchid: a flower known for its precision, sensuality, and symbolic weight across cultures. In this abstraction, the reference isn’t literal but felt—an embodiment of beauty and danger, fragility and armor. It’s an arrangement that doesn’t reveal itself easily, but rewards close looking.