Original artwork description:

Black Gold is a quiet cascade — golden threads flowing over dark, living earth. Painted in oil on natural dark cork, carefully wrapped around a wooden frame and gallery stretched like a canvas, the surface catches both light and time. Each streak descends with gentle gravity, echoing the deep rhythms of trees and soil.

Part of my Cork Series, this work is deeply rooted in my Portuguese origins — a return to nature, rawness, and simplicity. Cork is 100% natural, reusable, and recyclable. It’s harvested without cutting trees; cork oaks regenerate after each harvest, sustaining biodiversity and rural livelihoods.

To paint on cork is to collaborate with the land. The surface is not merely material — it’s a quiet voice of sustainability. Black Gold holds a subtle power: a contrast between opulence and earth, human touch and natural stillness — a luminous reflection on beauty with purpose.

Materials used:

Oil on cork fabric stretched on a wood frame, gallery wrapped; acrylic gel medium

Tags:

#oil #abstract #landscape #nature #texture #black #gold #large #wood #cork #metallic #elegant #cascade #large scale #sustainable