Naiya

Naiya emerges from layers of turquoise and deep blue, her gaze direct, calm, and unwavering—neither searching nor retreating. The vertical lines fragment and reveal her presence at once, allowing the figure to exist between form and dissolution. Natural sand from Newport Beach is embedded into the surface, grounding the work in a real landscape while dissolving it into abstraction. A single golden vertical line cuts quietly through the composition, suggesting a silent axis of meaning—light passing through matter, intention passing through stillness. This work explores quiet power, presence without noise, and identity held in restraint rather than display. From a distance, the figure becomes whole; up close, she dissolves into rhythm, texture, and breath—mirroring the way identity itself is both revealed and concealed.