ashar

92x92x5cm on cradled board.
The Other Side is a quiet study in contrast and convergence. The canvas is divided diagonally, with soft tones of gray, lavender, and beige gently meeting along a subtle yellow line—a boundary that feels more like a whisper than a wall. On the left, a faintly outlined circle hovers like a distant moon or memory, its presence delicate yet grounding.
The right side deepens in texture and tone, suggesting weight or shadow, while a short dark horizontal line in the top left corner punctuates the composition like a breath or pause. The painting’s geometry is minimal, but its emotional resonance is expansive.
The Other Side invites reflection on duality—light and dark, presence and absence, known and unknown. It’s a visual meditation on crossing thresholds, where meaning is not declared but discovered in the quiet space between.

The work is in oil on a wooden panel, with a variety of media for mark-making. I use oil pastels, oil sticks, markers, scrapers, charcoal, pigment sticks, newspaper, and graphite to make marks, whichever fits the moment.
UV protected, signed on the back. The work is on a plywood panel and is ready to hang. No further framing is needed

There’s a place I go, inside myself,
Where nobody else can be,
And none of my friends can tell it’s there –
Nobody knows but me.
It’s hard to explain the way it feels,
Or even where I go.
It isn’t a place in time or space,
But once I’m there, I know.
It’s tiny, it’s shiny, it can’t be seen,
But it’s big as the sky at night …
I try to explain and it hurts my brain,
But once I’m there, it’s right.
There’s a place I know inside myself,
And it’s neither big nor small,
And whenever I go, it feels as though
I never left at all. by Dennis Lee

Ref: 23/13