Taken from the series *Sol* (*The Soil of Our Bodies*), the two new works presented for the *SuperSalon* exhibition are conceived as an extended narrative. In one, the light comes from the east; three figures are engaged in a morning harvest. They delicately pick flowers and, in the style of *ikebana*, create linear, suspended forms. In the other, the sun is setting; the floral arrangement has become a shelter and a source of nourishment. Sheltered inside, caught between gentleness and voracity, two entwined figures feed on their creation, communing with the sky, the earth and humanity.

In these paintings, the artist depicts an intellectual and spiritual ideal where nature is personified and coexistence with humans is balanced in a sustaining and contemplative harmony; harvest/nature, tradition/ritual, nature/community, abundance/necessity, to use the painter’s own words.

New forms of earthly sustenance are presented here—more inclusive, less gendered—represented by these cocoon-like bodies, these belly-like humans, encased in an intestinal-like skin. They live in communities; pairs, trios and groups caress, embrace, kiss and unite. Despite the impression of weightlessness, their forms are solid, heavy, and become, for one another, a refuge, a home, without any structure or framework. In a reimagined proportion, where hands are as imposing as feet, these humans have redeveloped their mythological appearance.

Yet there is no threat to this robustness; a sense of repose is evident on their faces. Their gazes are fixed on the void, a twinkle in their eyes, their gestures mimicking care. Nature, too, is drawn into this attentiveness and thrives on this communion, rising above their heads.