Hawn tal-Ilma

“Hawn Tal-Ilma’”:

Sun-drenched streets and wooden wheels creak,
As echoes of watermen silently speak.
Through brush and memory, time rolls anew,
In hues that cleanse the past with every hue.

Rendered in a stylised neo-figurative approach, Hawn Tal-Ilma’ merges bold linework and flat colour planes to recall Maltese village life with both clarity and nostalgia. The composition balances expressionist exaggeration with structural detail, using angular strokes and selective distortion to heighten the energy of a bygone era. This work sits at the intersection of folk narrative and modernist abstraction, bridging cultural memory and artistic freedom.