Salt works
Paintings derived from extended observation of Gozo’s ancient salt pans, where earth, water, and light converge through reflection, evaporation, and form.
arcrylic paint / gloss / mixed material base on canvas
This series draws inspiration from the ancient Phoenician salt pans along the Mediterranean coast. These vast geometric landscapes, shaped through a balance of natural forces and human ingenuity, form the starting point for the work.
Through abstraction, the paintings distil repeated observation of chiseled stone basins and the elemental processes of light, water, and air used to extract minerals from the sea. Texture, reflection, and flowing form become central, allowing the work to move away from description while retaining a sense of place.
The resulting paintings reimagine the salt pans as both physical structures and cultural traces, functioning as meditations on the enduring dialogue between natural process and human craft.
Autumn Thunder
Storm-darkened hues ripple across the salt pans, where shadowed pools and chiseled stone hold a quiet, electric tension. Reflection and surface become carriers of a fleeting atmospheric shift—an abstracted trace of nature’s force passing through a human-made landscape.
100cmx 50cm acrylic paint / mixed media on canvas
Ember Brine
A low, ember-like warmth glows beneath the surface of the salt pans, where mineral residue, sun, and accumulated memory converge. Earth and sea meet through reflection and texture, distilling a moment held between heat, evaporation and time.
80cmx 80cm acrylic paint / mixed media on canvas
Ember Brine
80cmx 80cm acrylic paint / mixed media on canvas
Azure Tide
Blue-toned reflections move across the salt pans, where sea and chiseled stone meet in slow exchange. Light and surface carry quiet currents of depth and flow, abstracting the enduring dialogue between water, mineral, and earth.
100cmx 50cm acrylic paint / mixed media on canvas
Azure Tide
100cmx 50cm acrylic paint / mixed media on canvas