acrylic on canvas
20 × 16 in.
2022 — held in a private collection
seed 2.5 offers a compressed and symmetrical black form—blunt, bracketed, and held tightly within the white margins of the canvas. its shape suggests function but denies legibility, hovering between glyph and architecture, refusal and containment.
the acrylic is applied with density and care, forming an opaque surface that absorbs light and attention. executed freehand, the painting resists polish while maintaining control—revealing a tension between human touch and structural ambition. its balance feels deliberate, but not serene.
within the seeds series, seed 2.5 reads as a compact proposition: form as pressure, symmetry as strategy, and abstraction as a method of regulating what cannot be directly expressed. it is a quiet object, but not a passive one—defined by what it withholds.