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The pleasing wonder of ignorance

A giraffe surveying the world from a mountain peak. A flamingo standing among snow-capped ridges as though it has always belonged there. A fly reigning, unbothered, over the Alps. These paintings do not ask to be explained — they ask to be wondered at. At the heart of the series lies the quiet illusion we carry through life: that things are where they should be, that the world's order is legible, that we know what belongs where. But do we? In the collision of the familiar and the incongruous, something uncomfortably beautiful emerges — the particular pleasure that only not-knowing can offer.

The pleasing wonder of ignorance

oil on canvas 90x60cm • 2023

"The Pleasing Wonder of Ignorance stages a world where scale collapses into fantasy. A towering flamingo rises above a rugged, snow dusted landscape, its serene posture resisting the harshness around it. The surreal juxtaposition suspends logic, inviting the viewer into a state where disbelief becomes a form of openness. The painting reflects on the peculiar freedom found in not knowing—on the way innocence and imagination can momentarily eclipse the weight of reality. In this improbable coexistence of delicacy and severity, the work suggests that wonder is not the opposite of knowledge, but a space that emerges when certainty loosens its grip."

Winter is never

oil on canvas 90x60cm • 2023

"A toucan holds its ground on a shoreline of ice-blue rock, indifferent to the black column slicing through the sky behind it — a line that belongs to no season, no landscape, no logic but its own. The title insists on a permanence that nothing in the image confirms. Perhaps that's the point: certainty is often just something we repeat until it holds."

The pleasing wonder of ignorance P II

oil on canvas 90x140cm • 2023

"This work presents a contemplative encounter where scale, presence, and quiet dissonance shape the viewer's perception. The monumental penguin beside two empty red boats introduces a subtle break in logic—an image that feels serene yet distinctly out of place. The still water and soft, fading sky create a sense of calm, while the geometric white lines framing the scene hint at a world that is constructed and partially withheld. The title gestures toward the beauty of not knowing: the moment before interpretation settles, when uncertainty allows wonder to emerge. The penguin's unexpected appearance in a temperate landscape heightens this tension, inviting the viewer to linger between recognition and estrangement. The empty boats deepen the sense of pause, suggesting a narrative that remains intentionally unresolved. The work becomes a meditation on how meaning forms and dissolves in the absence of clear context. It proposes that ignorance is not emptiness but a generative state—one in which curiosity expands and the unexplained retains its quiet power."

Gone with the wind

oil on canvas 90x160cm • 2023

"The giraffe stands at the summit as if the mountain were built for exactly this. Below, a lake holds the sky's colors without asking why they're there. Scale has stopped making sense, and nobody in the painting seems to have noticed. That's the quiet joke at the center of this series — the world rearranges itself, and we go on calling it order."

The pleasing wonder of ignorance P III

oil on canvas 110x53cm • 2023

"The Pleasing Wonder of Ignorance P3 presents a surreal collision of scale and reality. A colossal fly hovers above a serene range of snow-capped mountains, its presence both absurd and strangely majestic. The delicate gradient of the sky—from cool turquoise to warm gold—suggests the quiet beauty of dawn or dusk, yet the oversized insect disrupts this tranquility, forcing the viewer to question what belongs and what does not. The work plays with the tension between the ordinary and the extraordinary, turning a common creature into an awe-inspiring, almost mythical figure. In doing so, it captures the paradox in its title: the bliss of not knowing, and the strange beauty that can emerge when logic is suspended."

Trip

oil on canvas 160x100cm • 2024

"This work pushes the series’ quiet absurdity into the realm of nature: a monumental form that shouldn’t exist, yet insists on being seen. It stands like a misplaced certainty — a reminder that ignorance can feel strangely majestic when the world stops obeying its own rules."

The pleasing wonder of ignorance

The pleasing wonder of ignorance

Winter is never

The pleasing wonder of ignorance P II

Gone with the wind

The pleasing wonder of ignorance P III

Trip

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