

Portfolio
A curated selection of paintings developed through an ongoing exploration of presence, restraint, and the quiet rhythms of the natural world.

Verde I
Acrylic
182 x 92 cm
Available
This work establishes a quiet balance between emergence and restraint. Layered fields of green and softened tonal shifts suggest growth shaped by time rather than gesture, allowing form to surface gradually and without insistence.
The painting invites stillness, holding space through subtle variation and considered pause. Meaning is not asserted, but allowed to unfold — felt through presence rather than explanation.
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What Rises Slowly
Acrylic
250 x 150 cm
Available
This work unfolds through gradual accumulation rather than declaration. Forms emerge gently within layered surfaces, suggesting growth shaped by patience and time.
The painting holds a sense of upward movement without urgency, inviting a slower encounter where presence is felt through restraint and quiet continuity.
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In Quiet Alignment
122 x 182 cm
Oil
Available
This work explores balance through measured relationships of form and space. Elements sit in quiet dialogue, aligned not through symmetry, but through intuitive containment and pause.
The surface rewards sustained looking, where meaning emerges slowly through tonal harmony and restraint rather than overt gesture.
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Held Betwwen
Acrylic
150 x 160 cm
Available
This work exists in a state of suspension — between movement and rest, emergence and containment. Layered passages create a tension that is felt rather than resolved.
The painting invites contemplation through balance and restraint, allowing meaning to surface gradually within the spaces held open.
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The Weight of Stillness
Acrylic
182 x 182 cm
Available
This work centres on pause rather than movement. Forms carry a sense of gravity, held in balance through containment and softened edges.
The painting invites a quiet encounter, where stillness is not absence but presence — felt through restraint, space, and time.
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What the Earth Holds
Acrylic
182 x 182 cm
Available
This work draws from the natural world as memory rather than depiction. Layered forms and muted tones suggest depth, weight, and the quiet accumulation of time.
The painting holds a grounded presence, inviting stillness through restraint and allowing meaning to emerge slowly within the surface.
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Standing Unnamed
Acrylic
182 x 92 cm
Available
Standing, Unnamed holds a quiet sense of presence without definition. Forms rise gently within the field, grounded yet open, allowing space for stillness and reflection rather than conclusion.
The painting invites a calm encounter shaped by balance and attentiveness. Meaning emerges through atmosphere rather than narrative, offering a space where the unseen can be felt and presence is allowed to settle.

At the Edge of the Deep Blue
Acrylic
250 x 150 cm
Diptych
SOLD
At the Edge of the Deep Blue holds a quiet threshold — where depth is sensed rather than defined. Layered fields and softened transitions evoke a moment of pause, inviting stillness and inward reflection.
Rather than describing place, the work allows feeling to surface gently. Subtle tonal shifts create space to breathe, reflecting Julia Chuquis’ practice of painting as an invitation into freedom and presence — where the unseen can be felt, and calm unfolds without insistence.