My composition “aš imin“ is a deep analysis into universal patterns of life and connection. The central form suggests a branching structure—simultaneously reminiscent of ancient coral, fossils, vascular systems, dendritic neurons or fauna—while deliberately avoiding direct classification. This ambiguity is crucial, allowing the form to function as a multifunctional symbol of growth.

A heavily textured composition of gold and bronze is framed by sand and white pigment. Beneath this is an earlier red–gold ground—essential to the final dialectic. The stratigraphy produces a studied tension: an archaeology of the surface. The form reads as an excavated artifact, granting graphic immediacy and visual resolve.

While my working title “Archaeological Tree” gave meaning, the interpretive process following its completion revealed a more definitive understanding to me, embodied in the final title, “aš imin“, through my use of ancient linguistics.

The work’s ultimate artistic identity emerges for research, intellectual conversation and viewing pleasure.

“the god”

In my work “the god” my intention is to explore the archetypal nature of power and divinity. The piece is built upon a fundamental contrast between the sacred and the primal. I rendered the central figure in heavily textured gold to signify its timeless, iconic status, while the gestural ambiguous form resists simplistic definition.

A being simultaneously monumental and vulnerable, divine and earth-bound.

The surrounding field of expressively textured black is not a passive ground, rather this is an active inference through the body—the source of invention and mystery from which the figure emerges. My technique here is founded in 19th Century brushworking styles; the raw impasto of both the gold and black surfaces is meant to convey a sense of primal energy and ancientness.

This is a deity, a force weathered by millennia.

In its afterlife, the figure resonates with modern mythologies—interlinked with cinematic icons whose alien brilliance and public acclaim embody the uniqueness the work seeks to crystallize.

Love, too, is a force that endures beyond death.

Both “aš imin” and “the god” are foundational works within the Estate of Matt The Unfathomable Artist.

A direct engagement with the symbols that underline human consciousness, created to be a powerful, resonant statement to speak across cultural and temporal boundaries.

These pieces are therefore symbolic portraits of past and modern life, a system—a direct visual language underlying human consciousness; across cultures and epochs.

Resonant, authored.