“Sunlit Reminiscence” was inspired by a journey through Morocco—a place where I was immediately captivated by the vibrancy of color, the music of the language, and the warmth of hospitality. The painting is not a direct record of a single moment, but rather an attempt to distill the emotional afterglow of that experience: how memory, over time, polishes and blurs the details, leaving behind a sensation that is both vivid and elusive.
In this work, I intentionally allow certain elements to fade or remain unresolved, echoing the way memories become less distinct as time passes. The architecture, textiles, and plants are rendered in a palette that is both sun-drenched and dreamlike, with forms that drift between presence and absence. This approach is influenced by the idea of the palimpsest—a surface on which traces of previous images or texts remain visible beneath the new. In this sense, the painting becomes a visual metaphor for the layered nature of memory itself.
This painting is representative of my broader practice in its focus on the emotional truth of place, rather than its literal depiction. I am interested in how we carry places within us, and how the act of remembering transforms them. By allowing the image to remain partially unfinished, I hope to create space for the viewer’s own memories to surface, making each encounter with the work a personal act of rediscovery.
