Freedom

Freedom explores self-expression as a material and physical process rather than an abstract idea. Working on a wooden board composed of pressed wood fibres, the painting engages directly with resistance, texture, and the natural limits of the surface.

Sindur, combined with cold wax and linseed oil, is applied not to conceal the structure of the wood but to enter into dialogue with it. The pigment settles into the grain, absorbs unevenly, and responds to pressure, allowing the material to remain present rather than subdued. The surface records movement, effort, and persistence – reflecting freedom as something shaped through endurance and negotiation rather than ease.

The work is accompanied by two untreated wooden panels, finished only with oil, which expose the raw base material used in the painting. Positioned alongside the central work, these panels reveal the origin of the surface and emphasize the relationship between intervention and material autonomy. Together, the three elements form a single spatial proposition, reflecting freedom as the ability to remain oneself while moving through challenge, constraint, and transformation.