Green Ethereals, Part 3

Ethereals examines states of impermanence, suspension, and transformation through abstract forms and atmospheric compositions. The works dwell in liminal zones—where material presence begins to dissolve into sensation, memory, and duration rather than fixed meaning. Instead of telling stories, the paintings invite lingering, asking the viewer to stay with subtle shifts, repetitions, and pauses.

Primarily realized through painting, Ethereals is often presented in rhythmic groupings. These arrangements emphasize continuity and variation, allowing individual works to breathe while remaining part of a larger, slow-moving field. Meaning unfolds through proximity and time, privileging perception over narrative and experience over explanation.

At a deeper level, the series reflects on the elemental origins of the body itself. The substances that compose us—carbon, oxygen, calcium, iron—were formed in the cores of ancient stars or during supernova explosions. Similarly, Ethereals does not represent forms as objects, but as fields of energy in transition.

As a body of work, Ethereals marks an important transitional phase in di Masternak’s practice. It lays the conceptual and visual groundwork for a later expansion into immersive installation environments, where atmosphere, material, and duration fully surround the viewer. The series stands as a meditation on continuity—between body and cosmos, matter and memory, presence and disappearance.