Each painting is a layered composition of patterns, symbols, geometry, nature, and ornament — the subject and their world rendered together as one collaged surface.

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The decorative elements are the material of the subject’s experience: A leaf, a Wi-Fi symbol, a fragment of ornamental geometry, a gesture of gold. A digital designer by training, Tupilus treats the screen icon and the natural form as equally present visual elements of contemporary life. The paintings hold both without hierarchy.