Plaster and ash board no. 5Plaster & Ash Art - Original Mixed Media on Wood Canvas - Xabier Liz

Original artwork on wood with traditional black ceramic and ash. Contemporary material informalism. Unique piece. Erosion, memory and permanence.

Layers of memory and transformation

The surface is constructed through the addition and subtraction of layers: ash—a residue that is both end and beginning—, plaster that provides density and opacity, and polished pumice stone that creates tactile and luminous contrasts. The canvas acts as a skin that receives and retains the memory of each material.

Each layer, applied, sanded, and eroded, reveals a geological terrain where the material retains traces of its natural history. Pumice, born of volcanic fire, engages in a dialogue with ash in a language of transformation and permanence.

Emotional topography

The reliefs and depressions create an interior geography that reacts to the light. Under different lighting conditions, the work paints itself before the viewer's eyes, revealing textures, shadows, and nuances that shift according to the angle of observation.

A piece rooted in the tradition of material-based informalism, where the active surface becomes an intimate landscape without defined boundaries. The material does not illustrate: it is the language and the meaning.

Technical details

• Unique, handmade piece
• Materials: wood, canvas, ash, plaster, polished pumice stone
• Signed by the artist

Xabier Liz (Santiago de Compostela, 1971) develops a visual language where matter is both origin and meaning. Influenced by Leopoldo Nóvoa and traditional African art, his works are exercises in emotional archaeology intended for collectors who value formal research and material intensity.