Study no. 14

At first glance, this painting is simple: a bowl, some citrus slices, the soft geometry of windowlight on a surface. But beneath its quiet surface pulses a reverence for the ordinary—an honoring of the mundane as ritual.

The composition feels like a moment stolen from the rhythm of a day. Not the dramatic peak, not the interruption, but the ceremony of what always is. The way the light pools in stripes across the table evokes the passing of hours marked not by clocks but by sunlight. This is not a fleeting snapshot—it is an altar to repetition. A devotional act to the way morning always comes.

The bowl is centered, humble, and complete in its small task: to hold. The citrus slices—vivid, clean, circular—become offerings, laid down with the same care someone might place candles before a shrine. There is intimacy in this gesture. The lemon becomes more than fruit—it becomes a signifier of care, of preparation, of one’s continued return to self through small acts. Washing, slicing, placing—each a rhythm repeated daily until it becomes a form of prayer.

Study no. 14/ Watercolor on paper/ 21 x 15 cm