Marama

Description

Marama — 2025

Acrylic with Strontium Aluminate (glowing compound) and resin on plywood. 105 cm x 105 cm.

Marama (moon) represents the divine feminine, tapping into the power of spirit (manu — bird) and the hidden realm of the emotions through the sacral chakra, the womb of creation. This piece layers luminous pigments and glow-reactive strontium aluminate within fluid acrylic passages and a high-gloss resin finish, creating a surface that shifts between soft lunar radiance and deep, tactile color. The manu motif threads through the composition as a guiding presence, suggesting flight, guidance, and the soul’s passage between seen and unseen worlds.

Texturally, the plywood support grounds the work with warmth and subtle grain, offering a natural counterpoint to the otherworldly glow. Viewed in daylight, delicate brushwork and layered translucencies invite a reading of emotion, memory, and generative potential; in low light the embedded glow compound awakens, revealing a secondary nocturnal narrative that emphasizes rebirth, intuition, and the sacral center’s creative force.

Marama is both a visual and meditative encounter — an exploration of feminine potency, emotional depth, and spiritual navigation, intended to resonate with viewers on an instinctual and luminous level.