PLASTIC LIFE
2024
MIX MEDIA, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
Inspired by a photograph taken on the beach, Plastic Life reflects on the surreal coexistence of nature and artificiality. A bright pink plastic fish, washed ashore among seaweed and waves, becomes the unexpected protagonist — a symbol of how synthetic elements infiltrate natural landscapes.
In the painting, vivid colors and expressive brushstrokes recreate this scene with a dreamlike intensity. The piece invites viewers to question what belongs and what intrudes, what is playful and what is unsettling.
For me, this image evokes the traces we leave behind — the objects, moments, and emotions that linger after we pass through. The plastic fish is both playful and strangely symbolic — a quiet presence that feels suspended between reality and imagination.