Blue-light hour hibiscus

This piece explores the ephemeral beauty of the blue hour - that magical time just after sunset when the sky takes on deep blue tones. The hibiscus blooms are rendered in flowing ink, capturing both their delicate structure and the atmospheric quality of twilight.

Created using traditional ink techniques on paper, the work plays with transparency and layering to evoke the transitional quality of dusk. The flowers seem to glow against the darkening background, suggesting both fragility and resilience.

The blue hour has always fascinated me as a liminal time - neither day nor night, but something in between. It’s a brief window when colors intensify before fading, when the familiar becomes strange and beautiful.