Chance meeting

A rural landscape emerges through layered, gestural brushwork, where figures and trees dissolve into an atmospheric haze. The composition suggests an encounter unfolding amidst natural forms—trees anchoring the composition whilst the foreground reveals hints of human activity. De Freitas’s characteristic palette-knife technique creates a loose yet structured spatial depth, with colours bleeding and shifting across the surface. Working in oil on board, the artist employs his improvisational method to transform a traditional landscape subject into something more contemporary and enigmatic.