Into your eyes

Oil on Canvas. Unframed 47"x 59" / 120cm x 150cm

By Cuban Artist, Maikel Benitez

In this visceral and arresting work, Benitez channels a raw emotional voltage—a collision of Hamlet’s existential inquiry and Metallica’s forged intensity. A man, stripped to his very essence, confronts a human skull with a volatile blend of anguish, longing, and defiant resolve. His body vibrates with life—muscles taut, breath suspended—while the skull remains still, an unyielding and impassive witness.

The painting becomes a stage for a confrontation not merely between man and mortality, but between fire and silence. A cry seems trapped between worlds, as though the figure is demanding answers from the void itself. The interplay of living flesh against the stark permanence of bone creates an atmosphere that is both intimate and profoundly existential.

Ultimately, Into Your Eyes immerses the viewer in a moment of searing emotional exposure—an interrogation of life’s urgency reflected back by the calm, indifferent gaze of death.