Available for presale. Please note: this artwork will be exhibited during Ashvin Harrison’s solo show (Nov 29–Dec 7) and can be collected or shipped after the exhibition.

Echoes of Evolution is an original fine art painting by Ashvin Harrison — a powerful meditation on humanity, creation, and the complex harmony between nature, technology, and consciousness. In this monumental work, Harrison merges exquisite charcoal realism with vast cosmic abstraction to explore the tension between innocence and intelligence, sound and silence, evolution and ego.

At the centre of the composition, a young ape holds a trumpet with lifelike precision, its eyes calm yet aware — a creature of nature mastering a manmade instrument. The metallic body of the trumpet glints with golden light at its bell, symbolising invention and the seductive gleam of progress. Within one of the finger rings rests a tiny painted Earth — a delicate world balanced between control and chaos. The absent finger where it belongs, slightly poised in gesture, subtly hints at defiance — a quiet, clever rebellion toward the human condition and the state of the modern world.

From the mouth of the trumpet bursts an explosion of colour and energy — a supernova of motion, expression, and sound. Swirls of gold, turquoise, violet, copper, and black spiral into the infinite, interwoven with planets and celestial spheres that seem to dance in orbit. The cosmic spray becomes both music and matter — the birth of stars, ideas, and the very fabric of creation.

Echoes of Evolution is both a visual symphony and a philosophical statement. It speaks to the shared pulse between all forms of life and the echoes of every action that reverberate through existence. Through his evolving style of Motusrealism, Harrison unites realism and abstraction to reveal that progress, beauty, and chaos are intertwined — each a note in the greater composition of being.