7 852 555 871, of series Us, 2023
Sand on wood
80 x 60 cm
“Suspiros de arena” (Sighs of Sand) was born from a gesture that is somewhere between primitive and meditative: taking sand in your hands and deliberately dropping it onto the raw canvas, as if each shape were a suspended breath, a sigh that anchors the moment. This technique evokes the organic rhythm of breathing: inhaling, exhaling; taking, releasing; existing.
The soft forms that are revealed do not seek to represent anything outside themselves. They are not images, but presences. Layers of sea sand that allude to the invisible and persistent journey of sand through the wind, its constant transit between places, times, and bodies. These works pay homage to the impermanent, but also express a desire for permanence: to fix the ephemeral in the memory of the canvas.
Sighs of Sand is a mindfulness practice where body, matter, and time merge. It is not about creating forms, but allowing them to emerge. In their apparent softness, these pieces contain the memory of movement, the fragility of the moment, and a silent invitation to presence.
