“Absence and the inner tearing” reflects the invisible wound left by loss. The figure emerges from shadows and fractures, blurred by the silence of what is no longer there. The veiled gaze suggests an inner void, a territory of mourning where identity fragments and dissolves. It is a portrait of the hidden: of death that remains unspoken, of pain suspended in time, and of sorrow dwelling in every crack of the self. The otrher portrait of the human being suspended between lucidity and dissolution, trying to find order amidst the inner tearing. The work reflects the clash between identity and nothingness. The figure seems to dissolve into stains, lines, and abstract explosions that suggest a fragmented thought. The upward gaze conveys a longing or search for meaning, while the dark and red bursts symbolize the inner struggle with existential emptiness: the absence of purpose, the tension between clarity and chaos. Tribute to my recently deceased mother.