Steppefire Daniela Marin an abstract artist based in

an abstract artist based in Aotearoa

For these works on paper the artist used crayons on vellum to reveal a painterly quality and surface structure

Using a visual language informed by geometric abstraction

and a lack of preconceptions of the final outcome

and graphic traces on the canvas

Steppefire Daniela Marin an abstract artist based inCreated using the "Dissolutio" techniquemeaning "disappearance"this work dissolves the boundaries between humanity and nature. Thousands of tiny painted dots transform microscopic cellular structures and ecosystems into immersive fields of color. The work addresses climate change and human alienation from nature while offering viewers moments of psychological recovery and profound calm.