Persistence I

Contemporary abstract art – Persistence I

Persistence is a contemporary abstract oil painting that explores time, material, and sustained presence through a deep blue pictorial field. Built through layers of application, removal, and correction, the work resists immediate resolution, allowing the painting to unfold slowly through its surface.

Rather than relying on expressive gesture or representational cues, Persistence focuses on accumulation and duration. The blue operates as an atmospheric space—dense, restrained, and quietly active—where subtle shifts in texture, sheen, and depth reveal the physical act of making. Marks are not used to describe form, but remain as traces of process, reinforcing the painting’s sense of continuity and material memory.

The surface reads as a worked body rather than a flat image. Light interacts unevenly with the oil layers, creating areas of compression and release that invite prolonged observation. This tension between presence and restraint positions the work within a contemporary approach to abstraction that values attention, slowness, and sustained engagement.

Persistence is part of Con permiso, a contemporary art practice developed by Colombian artist Duber Mora, centered on process, structure, and material presence. Within this body of work, abstraction is treated as an open condition rather than a formal solution—an ongoing negotiation between action, time, and restraint.

This original abstract artwork is intended for collectors and spaces seeking contemporary abstract art that prioritizes depth, materiality, and contemplative experience over decoration. Persistence does not seek to explain itself; it remains.