This print is a replication of Goya’s etching series known as Los Caprichos, a set of 80 prints, and each print highlight the issue of our society it was originally published in the year 1799 influenced during a time of social repression economic crisis, and the technique used in this Print is known as aquatint that produces tonal effect by using acid that bites into the printing plate creating areas which hold the ink.
Title: Los Caprichos – Of what ill will he die?
Medium: Intaglio printing – Etching, Aquatint on paper.
Size: 8inches x 9inches.
The print captures the profound emotional state of uncertainty and doubt, a space where the mind grapples with the lack of sureness about something or someone. Even when illuminated by the light of knowledge, we often find ourselves entangled in an internal struggle, questioning decisions, relationships, and realities. This piece invites viewers to confront the fragility of human understanding and the constant tension between clarity and confusion. It reflects the universal experience of navigating life’s complexities, where certainty feels elusive, and the search for answers becomes an intricate journey. Through its textures, colors, and composition, the artwork symbolizes the interplay of light and shadow in our minds, illustrating how doubt, while challenging, can also inspire growth and self-discovery.
Title: Obstruction.
Medium: 15 Layer Linocut Reduction on paper.
Size: Cylinder: 3.5” Diameter x 5’’ Height | Print: Semi circle 14” Radius.
The artworks delve into the reverse insight method, a conceptual approach that explores distortion, manipulation, and alternative perspectives, seamlessly blending traditional printmaking techniques with the transformation of 2D images into immersive three-dimensional experiences. Rooted in psychological concepts, the art reflects the fear of change and transformation, capturing the illusion of self-imposed barriers that create a hollow mindset — overcoming obstacles that impede progress and prevent growth.
Title: Positive Delusions.
Medium: 21 Layer Linocut Reduction on paper.
Size: Cone: 7” Diameter | Print: 28” Diameter.
Motivation artwork involves the emotional and psychological forces that activate goal-oriented behavior. It has a driving force behind human actions. Motivation can impact you to achieve your goals faster, a strong activation that you are more likely to start pursuing your goals.
Title: Motivation.
Medium: Screen Printing on paper.
Size: 10inches x 10inches.
This etching print brings attention to how our emotions play a critical role in the evolution of conscious and unconscious thoughts that happens in the background of our mind, which also includes repressed feelings, untouched skills, un-controlled reactions, hidden phobias, and desires. The unconscious mind also contains feelings, thoughts, urges, and memories that are outside of our conscious awareness, and that is mostly unacceptable and unpleasant, such as pain, anxiety, or conflict.
Title: Emerged.
Medium: Intaglio printing – Etching, Aquatint on paper.
Size: 6.5inches x 4.5inches.
This printed artwork portrays a complex psychological behavior that provokes a person to believe that he is somehow better than other people and allows him to practice his superiority that he can easily surpass, be mean, and can destroy anyone who comes in his way. Whether this type of complex behavior is a way of covering up one’s own feeling of being inferior and not allowing anyone to be better and be ahead of us.
Title: Predator.
Medium: Intaglio printing – Etching, Aquatint on paper.
Size: 8inches x 9inches.