Daisies in Marble Light, ebru (floral on a somakî/battal ground), pigments and ox gall on paper
A lace-fine sepia marbling—part stone, part cloud—sets a quiet field for three daisies and a bud rising from a single stem. The artist shapes the petals in soft, radiating pulls and keeps the palette restrained: warm brown, white, a touch of yellow, and deep green. This restraint lets the eye linger on tempo rather than spectacle—the slow drift of the ground, the poised curve of each leaf, the slight asymmetries that humanize the order. Crisp rings around the cells and clean lifts testify to a finely tuned balance of size and ox gall. Tradition’s controlled chance here becomes a meditation: life held calmly within the flow of marble light.
