25/10/2026
Residual Blue, 2026
by Taher Jaoui
Oil, Acrylic and Charcoal on Canvas
66 9/10 × 59 1/10 in | 170 × 150 cm
Residual Blue by Taher Jaoui unfolds as a luminous field of blues, whites and violet tones, where abstraction and figuration continuously shift into one another.
Circles, grids, gestural lines and fragmented forms emerge across the surface, suggesting eyes, bodies, machines and symbols without ever settling into a fixed identity. The painting feels like a collection of traces—forms that have appeared, disappeared and remained as residual marks within the canvas.
The restrained palette gives the work a particular sense of atmosphere. Cobalt and ultramarine move between transparency and intensity, creating moments of depth and shadow against the pale ground. Jaoui’s spontaneous gestures introduce rhythm and movement, while geometric structures and repeated circular forms bring an underlying sense of order.
At the heart of Residual Blue is the tension between calculation and instinct, structure and spontaneity, abstraction and figuration. The eye is never given a single point of focus; instead, it moves continuously across an all-over composition, discovering new relationships between marks and forms.
A painting about what remains—the trace of a gesture, the memory of a figure, the residue of an emotion—Residual Blue transforms the act of painting into a process of accumulation, erasure and rediscovery.
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