“Go where the woods in beauty sleep
Bathed in pale Luna’s light”
Pleasure
— Charlotte Bronte

60cm x 80cm Oil on Canvas Board 2023

“L’image d’un ballet de fleurs”
À Celle qui est trop gaie
— Charles Baudelaire

60cm x 80cm Oil on Canvas Board 2023

“Ô Beauté!”
Hymne à la Beauté
— Charles Baudelaire

60cmX80cm Oil on Canvas 2023

“The wild rose pale Perfumed the gale”
The Forest Reverie
-— Edgar Allen Poe

80cm x 60cm Oil on Canvas 2023

Synaesthesia is a neurological phenomenon / condition in which people experience one sense through another. For example, someone with synaesthesia might see colors when they hear sounds, or like Kandinsky who had the ability to translate colours and shapes into sounds and harmonies. However, in poetry, synaesthesia is a literary device that uses cross-sensory imagery to create a more vivid and evocative experience for the reader. Synaesthetic metaphors are a common feature of poetry, and artists have been using it also in painting, where certain shapes, textures and color palettes can evoke a synaesthetic perception. As the subtitle of my exhibition suggests, I hope that viewers will perceive the “Scent of Beauty” in my paintings — as a profound and intangible quality of nature’s beauty.

The Synaesthesia – The Scent of Beauty [1] Collection directly evolved from the paintings shown below. Created in 2022 for the collective exhibition ‘Disrobed’ at Art by the Seaside Gallery in Senglea, Malta, this debut showcase served as the ultimate catalyst for the distinct style I would later develop throughout my work. Every piece that followed grew from the visual language, textures, and emotions established in these original works.