This artwork heralds from a series of miniature canvases, that catalogue the fundamental variations of quantum particles, reimagined as self-contained worlds. Inspired by the idea that quarks exist at the smallest scale we can perceive, the collection treats each one, not as an abstract unit of physics, but as a sentient universe in miniature, dense with identity, motion, and potential.
Each piece functions like a jigsaw fragment: incomplete on its own, yet essential to a larger, unseen whole. Together, the canvases echo the repeating structures of existence. Quarks forming matter, cells forming bodies, humans forming societies, planets forming systems, systems forming galaxies. Scale becomes relative, patterns repeat.
By creating the vastness of the universe on an intimate surface, The Quark Collection invites the viewer to consider how the smallest things carry the same complexity, individuality, and interdependence as the largest. Nothing exists in isolation. Everything is a piece of something larger, and every piece contains a universe of its own.
The particles are catalogued using Roman numerals, referencing the one of the earliest human attempts to measure and order time through numbers. This act of numbering connects quantum beginnings to human history, suggesting that our impulse to observe, count, label and understand, is as fundamental as the particles themselves.
As a visual language, the forms on each canvas seem to defy gravity, pushing past the edges of their tiny surfaces. They feel like they’re in the middle of becoming something more, spilling from two dimensions into three, or maybe into something we don’t have language for yet. Even at this smallest scale, nothing feels contained or finished; everything is expanding, transitioning, reaching beyond itself.
8cm (w) x 8cm (h) x 5cm (d)
Mixed Media Collage and Acrylic on Canvas
This artwork heralds from a series of miniature canvases, that catalogue the fundamental variations of quantum particles, reimagined as self-contained worlds. Inspired by the idea that quarks exist at the smallest scale we can perceive, the collection treats each one, not as an abstract unit of physics, but as a sentient universe in miniature, dense with identity, motion, and potential.
Each piece functions like a jigsaw fragment: incomplete on its own, yet essential to a larger, unseen whole. Together, the canvases echo the repeating structures of existence. Quarks forming matter, cells forming bodies, humans forming societies, planets forming systems, systems forming galaxies. Scale becomes relative, patterns repeat.
By creating the vastness of the universe on an intimate surface, The Quark Collection invites the viewer to consider how the smallest things carry the same complexity, individuality, and interdependence as the largest. Nothing exists in isolation. Everything is a piece of something larger, and every piece contains a universe of its own.
The particles are catalogued using Roman numerals, referencing the one of the earliest human attempts to measure and order time through numbers. This act of numbering connects quantum beginnings to human history, suggesting that our impulse to observe, count, label and understand, is as fundamental as the particles themselves.
As a visual language, the forms on each canvas seem to defy gravity, pushing past the edges of their tiny surfaces. They feel like they’re in the middle of becoming something more, spilling from two dimensions into three, or maybe into something we don’t have language for yet. Even at this smallest scale, nothing feels contained or finished; everything is expanding, transitioning, reaching beyond itself.
8cm (w) x 8cm (h) x 5cm (d)
Mixed Media Collage and Acrylic on Canvas
