Nature as an active entity

The axis of the cycle is the fully sensual, physical, and spiritual relationship between humans and nature. I treat the landscape and its components - water, soil, rocks, vegetation, animals, air - as entities rather than background. I present nature as a dynamic, active, multi-element, complex superorganism. I draw attention to the forces that shape space - the destructive and creative activities of the elements and living organisms, the processes of matter circulation, erosion, growth, and decay. 

The body as part of the ecosystem

I treat the human figure appearing in my paintings as part of the landscape. Man immerses himself in his surroundings, intertwining seamlessly with vegetation, water, and rocks, subject to the same mechanisms that shape the terrain. Physical closeness, touch, and intimacy, both in relation to other people and to the matter of the landscape, become a way of regaining a sense of belonging to the non-human world.

Microcosm and macrocosm, a body borrowed from the cosmos

An important theme present in the series of paintings is the idea of microcosm and macrocosm, present in ancient cosmologies and belief systems. Elements of the landscape function in direct juxtaposition with the human body, suggesting the existence of analogous laws governing the organic, geological, and cosmic worlds. References to mythology, ancient nature cults, and pre-modern ways of thinking about the relationship between humans and the earth inscribe the works in a reflection on the lost continuity between culture and nature.