Rafael Duarte

Rafael Duarte's Avoryne practice explores luminous color, landscape-inspired movement, and expressive brushwork. Layered marks suggest changing light rather than a fixed moment, allowing warmth, depth, and movement to shape the mood of a room. These representative styles offer a starting point rather than a limit: Rafael Duarte can also work across other Avoryne styles, adapting palette, subject, texture, and scale to the direction of each commission.

The current Avoryne selection focuses on ocean waves, foam and shorelines, with sculptural coastal relief and finer marine studies kept distinct. Related works are grouped by palette, subject elements and surface texture; format and composition may vary within a series.