Poppy red remembers; not a flower, a vow—quiet fire kept in the dark.
Some marks do not fade; they learn to resonate. In Scars, I Remember, poppy red is not a bloom but a pulse—pressed into a near-black field and scored with incisions like lived scars, fine lines of greenish tension crossing the surface. The painting reads like breath held and released: pressure, drag, lift—a choreography of what remains after impact. Nothing is illustrated; everything is felt. The red does not announce triumph or wound—it insists on presence.
The work gathers from two currents: the stories encountered through Of Service—where remembrance is practised as care—and the artist’s own held weather, long bottled, now given form. Jenani’s abstraction translates weight into rhythm, rupture into resonance: a central pulse pressing against shadow until the field itself begins to hum.
Within this cadence, the painting keeps company with the emotive charge of Rothko and the gestural insistence of Joan Mitchell, and with the material gravitas of Anselm Kiefer, where history leaves a surface, not a slogan. Yet the voice is unmistakably Jenani’s—tenderness holding vigil, restraint answering force, remembrance practised as care.
Scars, I Remember does not ask for closure; it offers coherence—a way the past can live without owning the present.
76 × 76 cm · Oil (Michael Harding & Old Holland) on Claessens Oil-Primed Belgian Linen · 2025 · Signed Verso
Foundation Impact.
All proceeds are entrusted to the Of Service Foundation, where your contribution becomes care in the world—supporting mental health and suicide prevention; honouring those who carry these realities, including Australian veterans; and widening access to art-led programs. Learn more at ofservice.au.
Care and Acquisition.
Crafted in Michael Harding and Old Holland oils upon Claessens oil-primed Belgian linen, this work is built for permanence: luminous depth, archival stability, and a surface finished to endure. Each piece is hand-completed and signed verso.
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