Nude

A layered composition centring on a recumbent human figure, rendered through the screen printing process with densely textured mark-making and overlapping gestural lines. The work employs a restricted monochromatic palette of black and grey tones, creating a complex visual field where figuration emerges and recedes within abstracted passages. Da Costa’s approach of working through extended experimentation—allowing concepts to evolve during the creative process—is evident in the accumulated surface and the tension between representational and non-representational elements.