FLOATING
BODIES
2023
This body of work approaches abstraction as a process of translating the observed world. Drawing on his immediate surroundings, Camilleri fragments and reconstructs recognisable forms through line, colour, surface and gesture. The figurative is progressively displaced while retaining traces of its original reference, producing compositions that occupy a space between recognition and ambiguity.
Through layered surfaces and shifting forms, the works examine how perception and memory transform the familiar, positioning abstraction as a means of exploring the relationship between observation, experience and materiality.
the last few bricks, 2023
50cm x 70cm
mixed media on linen
marooned, 2023
50cm x 70cm
mixed media on linen
louder than words, 2023
90cm x 120cm
mixed media on linen
ebb and flow, 2023
70cm x 90cm
acrylic, oil and charcoal
on linen
learning to fly, 2023
80cm x 120cm
acrylic and oil on linen
what do you want from me, 2023
100cm x 120cm
mixed media on linen
two suns in the sunset, 2023
120cm x 100cm
oil on linen
learning to fly, diptych, 2023
120cm x 200cm
acrylic, oil and charcoal
on linen
on the turning away, diptych, 2023
90cm x 120cm
mixed media on linen
a pillow of winds, 2023
60cm x 80cm
acrylic, oil and charcoal
on linen
your possible pasts, 2023
100cm x 120cm
acrylic, oil and charcoal
on linen
it's what we do, 2023
60cm x 80cm
mixed media on linen
Images by Therese Debono
the lost art of conversation, 2023
100cm x 120cm
mixed media on linen
point me at the sky, 2023
100cm x 120cm
acrylic and oil on linen