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Monsters in the deep

Monsters in the deep

This work represents the beginning of Poseidon’s relentless revenge against Odysseus. Motivated by the desire to avenge his son, the Cyclops Polyphemus, the sea god unleashes a ten-year chase.

The image captures this pivotal moment, showing a series of sea monsters emerging from the depths. They lurk stealthily, studying the best strategy to launch an imminent attack on Odysseus. The composition evokes the tension of this pursuit, an epic struggle between the cunning of the hero and the fury of an offended deity.

Empatia + Popis & Vital + Chinesse ink + bleach
21.5 x 30.5cm
2024

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Hubris’ Mask

Hubris's Mask

This piece explores Odysseus’ hubris, the excessive pride that leads him to reveal his true name to Polyphemus. This gesture of arrogance, a challenge as great as his initial mockery, will have grave consequences for the hero. The work represents Odysseus’s desire for validation of his intelligence and the pleasure of having deceived the monster.

Visually, the artwork highlights the interior of a two-eyed mask, symbolizing the human figure. Through prominent textures from the artist’s first cycle, the piece evokes the essence of the nomadic movement that defines Odysseus’s journey.

National Touriga + Vital + bleach + chinesse ink
29,7 x 21 cm
2024

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The Underworld: The Conversation with Tiresias

The Underworld: The Conversation with Tiresias

The conversation between Odysseus and the soothsayer Tiresias takes place in the Underworld. Tiresias reveals to him a difficult future filled with obstacles on his journey back to Ithaca, including the wrath of Poseidon, the creatures of Scylla and Charybdis, and the island of Helios’ oxen. The soothsayer gives Odysseus instructions for his journey and predicts that, despite the adversities, he will finally be able to return to his homeland.

In this piece, the underworld is represented, and the artist’s Cyclopean eye, a common theme in all his works, is again used.

Plavac Mali + Borra de touriga nacional + bleach + Chinese ink
21 x 28.5
2025

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The Hope of Return

The Hope of Return

This work recounts a new episode of Poseidon’s wrath, where Odysseus is rescued by the Phaeacians. Moved by his stories of adventure and suffering at sea, King Alcinous offers him a ship and sailors so he can return to his beloved homeland, Ithaca.

The play represents the transition from despair to hope. The figure emerging from the water on the left, resembling a head rising from the sea, symbolizes the hope that Odysseus’s return is ever closer.

Plavac Mali + Vital + bleach + suffron + Chinese ink
28.5 x 21
2025

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The Descent into Hades

The Descent into Hades

The work depicts Odysseus’s daring descent into Hades in search of answers from the soothsayer Tiresias. This journey, a dangerous and unusual feat in Greek mythology, is a testament to the hero’s bravery.
The author uses the metaphor of an island descending into the depths to represent this feat. The giant eye, staring into the void, not only observes but also suggests a blindness that awaits Odysseus. This image reflects a profound fear of the unknown, of the immensity of the abyss.

Plavac Mali + Borra de touriga nacional + bleach + Chinese ink
21×28.5
2025

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The Prophecy of Tiresias: A Journey to the Underworld

The Prophecy of Tiresias: A Journey to the Underworld

This work captures Odysseus’s descent into Hades, guided by Circe’s instructions. After making sacrifices to summon the dead, Odysseus seeks out the soothsayer Tiresias, who predicts a difficult but possible return to Ithaca.

The piece depicts Tiresias not as a human, but as a dreamlike monster filled with eyes that symbolize blindness and disoriented gazes. With a duck-shaped mouth and incomplete limbs, the artist creates a surrealistic world. In this work, the artist revisits the theme of bestiaries, unreal beings that convey a sense of strangeness and reveal a nightmarish world.

Touriga nacional + Vital + suffron + bleach + Chinese ink
29,7 x 21
2025

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The Fury of Lamos

The Fury of Lamos

The work is a visual chronicle of the brutal attack on Lamos. At the center, the two eyes of the Laistrygonian kings rise like beacons of wrath, while the island itself seems to explode, hurling chunks of earth, rocks, and fury. The fish that appear throughout the piece are not just aquatic creatures; they are a metaphor for Odysseus’s crew, captured, defenseless, and sacrificed in an act of revenge.

Plavac Mali + Borra de touriga nacional + bleach + Chinese ink
21 x 28.5
2025

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The Straits of Scylla and Charybdis

The Straits of Scylla and Charybdis

This work captures one of Odysseus’ most perilous moments: his crossing of the Strait of Scylla and Charybdis, where he faces the wrath of Poseidon once again. On one side, the six-headed monster, Scylla, devours six of his men; on the other, the whirlpool of Charybdis threatens to swallow the entire ship.

The piece depicts the members of Odysseus’s crew sinking into the depths of the sea, inside the great sea monster that symbolizes Charybdis.

Plavac Mali + Vital + bleach + suffron + Chinese ink
28.5 x 21
2025

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The Port of Lamos

The Port of Lamos

This title shifts the focus from the simple arrival to a place that seems peaceful, but hides a great threat. A cursed port describes the city as a place of perdition and deception, a place that at first glance seems safe, but is full of danger. The soft tones and earthy texture of the work suggest the deceptive tranquility of the place, while the “eyes” representing the Laistrygonian population gaze at Ulysses’ ship, like some kind of lurking demon.

Plavac Mali + Borra de touriga nacional + bleach + Chinese ink
21 x 28,5
2025

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Lamia’s Prophecy

Lamia's Prophecy

This work captures the essence of the prophecy of Lamia, the former queen of Libya who gave her name to the city of Lamos. According to legend, Hera cursed her with perpetual insomnia, or prevented her from closing her eyes, while also giving her the power to remove and replace them.

At the center of the piece, a figure stands out with two eyes that seem to protrude from their sockets, symbolizing the queen’s power and her tragic fate. The work marks an evolution in the artist’s style, as the explosion of textures and stones does not evoke the nomadic movement of her previous works. Instead, these new textures generate a sense of fear and chaos while emulating the formation of territory and erratic movement, reflecting Lamia’s torment.

Plavac Mali + Borra de touriga nacional + bleach + Chinese ink
21 x 28.5
2025

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