ENCOUNTERS #1 ALEX THROUGH THE BROKEN GLASS Alex through the Broken Glass introduces the ENCOUNTERS series by Australian artist Dean Crozier, a body of work exploring the fragile intersections between memory, emotion, and identity. In this evocative abstract portrait, a young man gazes through a fractured wall of blue‑green glass, the surface splintered into shifting planes of colour and light. The composition carries the soft blur of recollection — a fading memory shaped as much by time as by the mind’s romantic desire to preserve what was once felt.

Crozier’s distinctive use of synthetic polymer amplifies the sense of distortion and dreamlike distance, with layered hues dissolving into one another like submerged reflections. The broken glass becomes both barrier and metaphor, suggesting the way past loves are remembered not as they were, but as they are reimagined through longing. This work highlights the artist’s versatility within abstraction, merging figurative suggestion with atmospheric fragmentation to create an image that feels intimate, elusive, and emotionally resonant.

Presented on stretched canvas and framed in a sleek black floating frame, the piece measures 68.5 × 88.5 cm, offering a striking visual presence that anchors the beginning of this compelling new series.