PASSAGE 3CPASSAGE, the second part of MARKEL's ODYSSEY series, is a powerful representation of transformationthe moment when everything changes, when a single decision alters the course of ones life forever. This painting captures the essence of the heros journey, where an object, doorway, or event sets the protagonist on a path of self discovery and destiny. Through striking contrasts of light and dark, color and shadow, PASSAGE explores the collapse of

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Conscience ripped from our skulls and replaced by self-interest disguised as ambition

The great Carl Sagan once said

and made to represent

keeping things clean and understated

'Suddenly the universe has the means in which it understands and explores itself

This figure serves as both a question and an answer

STARVED&SEDATED by MARKEL is a raw

a fragile construction that exists only as long as people believe in it

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intricate textures