Detail from Michelangelo’s Fresco “The Prophet Ezekiel”

Detail from Michelangelo’s Fresco “The Prophet Ezekiel”

Artist: Sandra Chaves
Title: Detail from Michelangelo’s Fresco “The Prophet Ezekiel”
Technique: Micron pen on paper (Pointillism and Hatching)
Dimensions (with frame): 92 cm × 62 cm
Edition: Unique piece from 2024
Original signed work | Includes certificate of authenticity

Description:

"Vision doesn’t reside in the eyes — it lies in the weight of what has yet to be spoken."

In this fragment from the Sistine Chapel ceiling, the artist focuses on the face of a celestial being — not as a religious icon, but as a mirror of human unrest.

The celestial figure, turned inward, seems to be listening to a voice beyond himself. His face is strong, yet his gaze is distant, almost absorbed — as if burdened by visions the world has yet to understand. Translated into pointillism and hatching, the image reveals an almost electric tension between matter and spirit.

Each line and dot gives form to the conflict between mission and doubt. The sacred, here, lies not in certainty — but in the courage to perceive what has not yet been revealed.

A work for those who seek thought before words, and truth before form.