Ricardo Romero Cortez Duque

Where the Path Bent / Acrylic + Canvas / 48×48

This painting tells the story of a moment when direction was no longer straight. Broad arcs of pale blue and white sweep across the surface like roads drawn in motion, curving instead of arriving. They feel decisive yet uncertain—gestures made while moving, not while knowing.

Beneath them, the ground is restless: deep greens, bruised reds, and flashes of yellow push against one another, suggesting growth tangled with struggle. Nothing is neatly resolved. Marks overlap, scrape, and partially erase what came before, as if the painting remembers every attempt to move forward.

Where the Path Bent is about choosing continuation over clarity. It speaks to a life moment when the original plan no longer fits, and the future has to be shaped mid-stride. The curves do not promise an ending; they promise momentum. The story it tells is not about arrival, but about learning to trust the turn.