Category: Portfolio

In Awareness (2020), Fernando Dávila transforms the seascape into a meditation on perception and inner stillness. The luminous full moon and its mirrored echo across the shoreline create a dialogue between the seen and the felt. The gentle movement of the waves suggests the fluid nature of consciousness—ever shifting yet profoundly serene. Through refined color harmony and atmospheric depth, Dávila evokes a moment of heightened clarity. The work becomes an invitation to recognize the quiet resonance between nature’s rhythms and our own.

In Autorretrato en Pareja (2004), Fernando Dávila explores the intimate boundary between creator and creation. Depicted mid-gesture, the artist paints a sensual intertwined couple whose fragmented bodies echo the emotional complexity of human connection. The vivid red background amplifies the tension between desire, vulnerability, and artistic devotion. By placing himself alongside the unfinished figures, Dávila reveals painting as an act of self-exposure—where the artist’s inner world quietly merges with the subjects he brings to life. The work becomes both a portrait of the couple and a subtle, introspective portrait of the artist himself.

Achiote presents a horizontal coastal landscape at dusk, where bands of color and reflected light transform the shoreline into an abstract, atmospheric field. The intense red tones—suggestive of earth, pigment, and ritual—contrast with cooler blues and muted grays, evoking themes of memory, place, and natural cycles. The work balances gestural movement with calm stillness, inviting contemplation of the land as both physical territory and emotional resonance.

Afterglow depicts a solitary female figure standing at the edge of a reflective shoreline, facing a luminous horizon at sunset. The expansive sky and mirrored waters dissolve into fluid color fields, emphasizing stillness and introspection. The composition explores themes of transition, presence, and quiet contemplation, capturing the emotional residue that lingers in the moments following light, movement, and change.