5:27 pm

Technique: Handmade paper fragments, acrylic on canvas

5:27 pm is a visual exploration of the blue hour—the brief, poetic moment when the sky deepens into rich shades of blue, wrapping the world in a soft, luminous calm. This fleeting time, suspended between day and night, has a unique quality of light that I find endlessly fascinating. I sought to capture that delicate transition by layering small fragments of handmade paper to evoke the subtle gradations of color and shadow in the sky.

The composition is dominated by varied shades of blue, punctuated by occasional touches of soft yellow and pink, reminiscent of the last whispers of daylight. The addition of thin, diagonal cords introduces a sense of structure and movement, perhaps echoing the traces of clouds or atmospheric lines that cut across the sky during this tranquil hour. 5:27 pm embodies my ongoing fascination with the blue hour, and I see it as a starting point for further explorations of this nuanced and evocative light in my future work.