#17035 Monica Ozamiz Fortis

Here we see a landscape rendered in a fragmented and abstracted style. The composition is dominated by vertical elements – slender tree trunks – which frame a central area filled with geometric shapes and washes of color. These trees appear almost skeletal, their branches reaching upwards against a hazy background that suggests either dawn or dusk.
The artist has employed a palette primarily composed of muted earth tones – ochres, browns, and grays – interspersed with flashes of pinks and greens. The application of paint is thick and textured, creating a palpable sense of surface. This impasto technique contributes to the overall feeling of instability and visual disruption.
The central area, ostensibly representing buildings or structures within the landscape, is broken down into rectangular blocks of varying hues. These shapes are not sharply defined; instead, they bleed into one another, suggesting a blurring of boundaries and a loss of clarity. The effect is less about depicting specific architectural forms and more about conveying an atmosphere of disorientation or perhaps even decay.
The painting’s subtext seems to explore the tension between natural order (represented by the trees) and human construction (the fragmented structures). The way the trees partially obscure and distort the buildings suggests a sense of nature reclaiming what was once built, or at least challenging its dominance. Theres an underlying melancholy conveyed through the muted colors and fractured forms – a feeling that something is lost or fading. The overall impression is one of a landscape viewed through a veil, filtered by memory or distance, where reality itself seems to be dissolving into abstraction.