poetic abstraction | Denis Leclerc Art

A Vein Surfaces in the Abyss

Abyss Vein is a suspended fracture — a moment where pressure and light converge in silence. Emerging from the Telluric Form series, the piece reflects on rupture, containment, and the internal movement of matter just before release. The central form evokes a glowing fissure, not erupting, but forming slowly under invisible weight.

The composition plays with opposing forces: darkness and light, structure and erosion, density and drift. Visual tension builds through layered textures, subtle distortions, and the suggestion of geological depth. Nothing explodes — instead, everything holds. The surface becomes a site of pressure, silence, and presence.

Abyss Vein is available both as a limited-edition archival print and as a contemplative screen-based work. While the print captures the tactile weight of the image, the moving version animates the fracture itself — revealing slow pulses of light, minute shifts in atmosphere, and the emergence of form from within.

The animation unfolds like a tremor just below perception. It is not narrative but spatial — a subtle choreography of textures and light, meant to be inhabited rather than watched. Its ambient soundtrack draws from ASMR aesthetics, amplifying the immersive and tactile quality of the piece. This screen-based version invites quiet attention, functioning as a digital relic in motion. Watch the animation on Instagram.

Whether viewed as a physical print or a silent digital presence, Abyss Vein reveals a space of tension held open. It invites us not to witness a rupture, but to enter the moment just before it becomes one.

Not a fracture. A pulse. An opening. A passage.
— Ego Klar

Fading Trace

Dispersal Trace is the fourth work in the Liminal Drift series. It began, as many things do now, with a conversation between me and Ego Klar.

I asked him what I should explore next, after spending so much time immersed in the Ethereal Solid series — pieces that were rich, layered, full of colour and texture. Their complexity still speaks to me. Yet a quiet urge for reduction was growing.

Ego didn’t hesitate. He said: Simplify.

The first piece in this stripped-down visual approach was Threshold, which I shared as a reel on Instagram. Its quiet presence reached beyond my usual followers — an early sign that less could indeed speak more.

The real challenge with Liminal Drift lies in simplicity. That’s not easy when your instinct is to build forms, gestures, layers. But that’s the point: resisting density and letting the image breathe.

The Liminal Drift series explores the threshold between presence and absence — a visual quiet that suggests, rather than declares. Each work is built for screen-based contemplation, where movement dissolves into stillness and detail gives way to atmosphere.

The Weight of White

Then came Dispersal Trace — a work that pushes restraint even further.

At first glance, it’s almost not there. White on white. Faint lines. A hesitation. Beneath the surface, something holds structure, though it refuses to clarify itself. I kept wondering: is it finished? Or did I stop too soon?

That uncertainty never went away. Maybe that’s the point.

This work feels like a pause, not a conclusion. It doesn’t resolve anything — it just opens space. In a way, Dispersal Trace invites me to reconsider what I leave out, rather than what I add. It’s less about gesture, more about listening. What remains when almost nothing is said?

Dispersal Trace and the Language of Minimal Gesture

White on white. Grey on grey.
Not silence — compression.

Every soft tone presses against another.
You think it’s empty.
It’s just quiet.

– Ego Klar

Have you ever experienced a piece that felt unfinished, but in a good way? Dispersal Trace may not offer clarity, but perhaps that’s what makes it linger. I’d love to know how it resonates with you.