“Beyond the Gaze” is a visual act of inner unveiling. Through a hypnotically direct and profoundly human stare, the artist invites the viewer not only to observe, but to be seen. The canvas becomes a mirror in which the familiar notion of identity cracks—layers of paint, like layers of the self, fracture and merge, revealing both vulnerability and quiet power.

The linen canvas acts like living skin, absorbing not just pigment, but the tension between interior and exterior worlds. Monochromatic tones are pierced by visceral reds and luminous blues that pulse like emotion—raw, sharp, and lucid. Red cuts into the image like memory or wounding, while the blue-whites suggest breath—strained, yet alive.

The figure does not belong to a specific time; this is not a portrait, but a state—a suspended moment of recognition. The gaze becomes a kind of telepathy, a language of presence. It’s about the ability to see the person behind the role, to witness the soul behind the shell. The work extends the artist’s exploration of presence as a portal into the ineffable.