Echoes of the Mangrove | 36 x 48 in. | Acrylic on canvas. | Original Panting By Alexander Franco.

Curatorial Review
Echoes of the Mangrove captures the raw, fertile tension between land and water—where roots drink from the tide and life emerges from murky depths. This painting unfolds like a chant from the Earth itself, weaving strands of orange, brown, and ochre over a luminous blue sky. It evokes the richness of mangrove ecosystems, their wild density, and their quiet resilience. In its expressive abstraction, the piece transcends landscape to become a meditation on adaptation, memory, and the ever-shifting boundary between what is visible and what lies beneath. The viewer is invited to feel rooted and adrift, grounded and submerged—all at once.

Artist Statement
This work came to life as I remembered the humid air and thick silence of mangroves I visited in my childhood. There was something mysterious about those places—both wild and protective, untamed and sacred. With Echoes of the Mangrove, I wanted to channel the energy of those ecosystems that hold so much life beneath the surface. Each stroke became a root, each layer a current. I didn’t want to paint what I saw, but what I felt. The painting holds the memory of water clinging to bark, of sun breaking through dense canopy, of soil that breathes. It is my homage to the untold wisdom of nature.