First Note Starts hypha-gallery-east-village Miguel hopes that the energy

Miguel hopes that the energy and vibrancy of this ancient story will come across in the painting

It is a reminder that in the spaces between

these transformed sites support an abundance of nature

all pointing toward some end

First Note Starts hypha-gallery-east-village Miguel hopes that the energyThis work is part of an ongoing series shaped by my engagement with the desert as both physical site and poetic, existential space. Through painting, I explore the relationship between the human body and landscape, using the canvas as a site of material and emotional inquiry. Built through layers of oil paint and partially veiled with pigments and sand, the surface echoes erosion and sedimentation. Here, memory settles like dust, and silence becomes a