OPTICAL ILLUSIONS

Optical Illusion is a layered mixed-media exploration of multiplicity, perception, and the fractured nature of identity. At first glance, the painting appears fluid and abstract, but as the viewer’s eye adjusts, multiple faces begin to emerge—then disappear—challenging the certainty of what is seen. The work plays with visual ambiguity, reminding us that perception is never fixed and truth is often a matter of perspective.

The many faces represent the selves we carry: public and private, performed and hidden, inherited and self-made. They speak to how identity shifts depending on context, audience, and moment. In a society that demands consistency while rewarding masks, the painting exposes the tension between authenticity and adaptation. The illusion lies not in the image itself, but in our assumption that there is only one face, one story, one truth.

Through layered materials and overlapping forms, the work mirrors the complexity of human experience. Each face competes and converses with the next, creating a visual rhythm of emergence and erasure. Optical Illusion invites viewers to linger, to question their initial reading, and to accept that seeing clearly sometimes means embracing uncertainty.