Montiel (1985) - "INMERSION"

The 73 x 100 cm work "Immersion" proposes a physical and symbolic descent into the invisible. The propeller and the submarine’s hull embedded in a fish are not presented as mere mechanical elements, but as extensions of the human impulse to cross boundaries: those of water, knowledge, and consciousness. Suspended between the surface and the depths, the submarine becomes a threshold, a body that penetrates a space where light dissolves and shapes transform.

The propeller, in latent tension, suggests contained motion, a silent advance that does not intrude but adapts. Its implicit rotation activates time and anticipation, while the submarine's body, closed and hermetic, alludes to the fragility of the fish in the face of an immense and unknown environment.

Immersion here is not solely a technical act, but an inner experience: descending also means isolating oneself, listening to what lies deep, and accepting the pressure and darkness as necessary conditions for discovery. The painting invites the viewer to accompany that journey, to dwell in the pause and the silence, and to confront the duality between control and vulnerability that defines all exploration.