Acrylics

In this series of abstract acrylic paintings, I explore the dynamic tension between control and surrender, the painter’s hand against the unpredictable flow of the material, as a metaphor for humanity’s fraught relationship with nature. Like a river both shaped by and shaping its banks, these works capture the interplay between human intention and the autonomy of the natural world.

Drawing from yogic philosophy and panpsychism, I regard consciousness not as a byproduct of matter, but as the foundational essence through which matter takes form. In this view, clay, or in this case, paint, is not simply raw substance, but a vessel animated by awareness. The acrylic surface becomes a channel through which consciousness collaborates with the earth’s elemental energies to give rise to shape, movement, and meaning.

The paintings themselves embody this dialogue. Under my brush, the paint is coaxed into organic fractal patterns, echoes of topographical riverbeds, leaf veins, and ocean currents, yet it also asserts its own agency, resisting containment, pooling, branching, and dispersing in ways both volatile and intentional. Through this duality, I reflect our collective challenge: to harness natural resources without overriding the intelligence of the systems we inhabit.

In my work, similar visions arise: the tension of control and the surrender to material behavior become visible metaphors for the larger environmental narrative. The works pulse with energy, not molecular static, but living flow. They do not freeze nature into decorative flatness but allow its essence to emerge through pigments as living, breathing forms.

To witness one of these paintings is to experience the push and pull between force and formlessness, human intent and ecological autonomy. It is an invitation to reimagine our role, not as conquerors of the Earth, but as co-creators within its rhythms. The paintings stand as reminders that when we align with consciousness as the primary ground of being, not matter, our creative responses, like our stewardship, can become acts of harmony rather than domination.

Avran Solo Show, Laguna Beach 2019

Avran Solo Show, Laguna Beach, 2019

Avran Solo Show, Laguna Beach, 2019

Avran Solo Show, Laguna Beach, 2019

Avran Gallery Solo Show, Laguna Beach, 2019