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oil on canvas

Cascade Argentina, is an homage to the many large and small waterfalls in Argentina, a country blessed by many exceptional waterfalls. 

Choosing a vertical format, mostly of a larger size, I engage in seizing a ascending and descending movement through transparent veils of one tonal hue. The movement should be equally ascending and descending, giving the impression of an eternal metamorphosis- a process that seems to unfold continuously. An instantly up and downward movement. 

Series Cascades
Reflections on the emerging of the Series Cascades

André Malraux supposedly said in the mid-twentieth century,  that the 21st century will be spiritual or will cease to exist.  Recently the Daila Lama in his book " Call for a Revolution" (2017) repeats these same words with urgency. 

While producing the first  painting in this spirit, I was offered a book entitled "André Malraux et la Cascade de Nachi". In this book Malraux's Japanese translator reports how Malraux has had his 'illumination' while standing in front of this famous waterfall. To my great astonishment and delight Malraux states that the Cascade as a physical entity - water - is in a descending movement, but as an image it ascends to the sky. Therefore it has as much an ascending as descending quality and produces an instant metamorphosis. A lifelong quest for understanding life's mystery.