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Carriles is a diptych conceived in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma’s passage through Cuba in 2017. The work adopts a painterly approach that symbolically alludes to Monet’s Water Lilies. Sand, mud, and mold accumulated alongside residual water and debris at the bottom of an Olympic swimming pool. The dispersion of small, brightly colored plastic objects resulted from the storm’s impact on the pool lanes, giving rise to a state of chaos captured photographically through pictorial sensibilities.

Natural light played a crucial role in the image-making process, shifting in intensity and producing tonal variations within the scene. This visual transformation prompted the association with Monet’s Nymphéas; however, in this case, the work embraces a fermented and chaotic reality in order to extract beauty from an unrepeatable moment. Carriles embodies the unsettling paradox of the beauty of chaos.