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A small songbird (Prinia inornata) perched on a leafy branch.

Lines twist, light breaks, and order dissolves.

Between gold and blue, reality folds in on itself — a beautiful collapse

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From a photo walk with members of a Danish Facebook group - May 23, 2021.

Photo from the Aarhus Art Museum (ARoS).

oil on canvas board; sold

[EN] The Nueva Carrara Lookout

 

The Nueva Carrara Lookout, located in the Maldonado department just a few minutes from Pan de Azúcar, is a panoramic viewpoint built over former marble and limestone quarries. From its platforms—some featuring glass floors and structures cantilevered over the edge—visitors can gaze upon a striking turquoise lake formed by water accumulated in the excavation, its vivid color created by the minerals in the stone.

 

The site seamlessly blends industrial history with the rolling landscape of the Sierras: marble from this area was used in the construction of Uruguay’s Legislative Palace and other landmark national buildings. Today, it serves as a free public lookout designed for safe sightseeing and photography. It is important to note that descending into the quarry or swimming is strictly prohibited, as the lake is extremely deep and located within a delicate geological environment.

  

[ES] El Mirador de Nueva Carrara

El Mirador de Nueva Carrara, en el departamento de Maldonado y a pocos minutos de Pan de Azúcar, es un paseo panorámico construido sobre antiguas canteras de mármol y piedra caliza. Desde sus plataformas —algunas con piso de vidrio y estructura volada sobre el vacío— se observa un lago de intenso color turquesa, formado por el agua acumulada en la cantera y teñido por los minerales de la roca.

 

El lugar combina historia industrial y paisaje serrano: de esta zona se extrajo mármol utilizado en la construcción del Palacio Legislativo y otras obras emblemáticas del país. Hoy funciona como un paseo de acceso libre, pensado para disfrutar las vistas de forma segura y fotografiar el entorno. No está permitido descender a la cantera ni bañarse, ya que el lago es muy profundo y el área forma parte de un entorno geológico delicado.

 

Camino Charles Darwin, Pan de Azúcar, Maldonado, Uruguay

oil on canvas

Shot on a short sunset trip on a rather windy (and quite cold) night at Toftum north of Struer, Denmark - April 09, 2020.

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From a photo walk with members of a Danish Facebook group - May 23, 2021.

Photo from the Aarhus Art Museum (ARoS).

Vejrumstad near Struer, Denmark - December 25, 2021.

L’Ibis sacro si apre alla luce come un dipinto vivente: le ali spiegate diventano un ventaglio di rame, oro e verde antico, sfiorate da un chiaroscuro che scolpisce ogni piuma come fosse materia d’atelier. Nel gesto sospeso, tra cura e rito, l’uccello sembra evocare un’antica divinità che si manifesta attraverso il colore. Il ramo diventa piedistallo, l’ombra cornice, e la scena respira come un quadro che prende vita.

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The Sacred Ibis unfolds into the light like a living painting: its open wings form a fan of copper, gold, and aged green, brushed by a chiaroscuro that sculpts each feather as if shaped in an artist’s studio. In this suspended gesture, part grooming and part ritual, the bird evokes an ancient deity revealing itself through color. The branch becomes a pedestal, the shadow a frame, and the scene breathes like a canvas coming alive.

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When the sea falls silent,

I gaze into the hush of glass.

Not a reflection—

but a shore

where shadows move

before I do.

Nothing stays forever. The sun will set, the tide will rise, the golden light will fade. Even the stillest moments are always moving — slipping quietly into memory. But that is the gift of nature: it teaches us to pause, to feel, to see. To hold beauty, not by keeping it, but by carrying it within us. Beneath the golden silence, we are reminded — everything passes, and that is why this moment matters.

Basile Pesso - Badalona, Spain

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Tra cielo e mare, il tempo si ferma.

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Between sky and sea, time stands still.

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In the hush of the highlands, where the mist weaves its quiet hymn across the ridges—silence becomes visible.

Skagen, Denmark - April 18, 2022.

At Vester Strand/Klitgården.

Pissenlit et salsifis des prés

From a short sunset walk in the hilly area at Kilen near Struer, Denmark - May 21, 2020.

What we call the beginning is often the end

And to make an end is to make a beginning.

The end is where we start from.

 

T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets

Aarhus, Denmark – May 2023.

At the top of ARoS, Museum of modern Art.

Grande attesa per l’eclissi di Sole del 12 agosto 2026: le imbarcazioni si raccolgono tra Punta Chiappa e Porto Pidocchio, sospese in un mare di luce dorata e silenzio. La costa ligure si veste di riflessi caldi, mentre l’orizzonte prepara il suo spettacolo cosmico — un incontro tra mare, cielo e mistero.

 

Great anticipation for the solar eclipse of August 12, 2026: boats gather between Punta Chiappa and Porto Pidocchio, floating in a sea of golden light and silence. The Ligurian coast glows with warm reflections as the horizon prepares its cosmic performance — a meeting of sea, sky, and mystery.

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