Lemons

Original on canvas

60 x 60 cm

2025

A sour paradox: a silent duel between pigment and sculpture.

The gaze is overwhelmed by a monumental lemon, executed with impeccable technique: the vibrant rugosity of the rind and the juicy transparency of the sliced section, with their acidic and luminous chromatic vitality, push the boundaries of photorealism.

At the heart of this two-dimensional perfection, the eye stumbles upon a bold rupture: a square void within the painting.

Within this suspended emptiness emerges a second lemon. A small, absolute, three-dimensional presence, complete with fresh leaves, that offers itself as the material projection of the painting’s very essence.

This is where the “vortex of the senses” is born:

While the Third Dimension lays claim to its gravity and volume, challenging the canvas to become a real and habitable space, the Second Dimension seduces the sight, proving that the brilliance of yellow can transmit the sourness of the fruit even more than matter itself.

The eyes and the mind remain trapped in an infinite rebound between what is laid down by the brush and what appears ready to be plucked. The three-dimensional lemon refers back to the painted one, and vice versa, in a cycle that disorients the gaze and defies perception, causing the certainty of what we define as “real” to waver.