Première Lumière

This was the first real painting I ever made.

Before this, I had only touched acrylics a handful of times.
Then I picked up oil for the first time, and what happened on this canvas shocked me.
I didn’t know I could paint like this. I didn’t know I had it in me.

It started from a photograph I found, an image that already spoke a thousand words.
I tried to follow it faithfully, to capture exactly what I saw, and what came out was something alive.
Something more than I expected.

That’s why I could never sell this one.
It isn’t just a piece of art. It’s the moment I realized I could speak without words.

I discovered a new language.

One made of shadows and light.