In Geometric landscape XXVI, Costa strips the traditional horizon down to its fundamental components. Using a portrait orientation, the artist stacks layers of pigment that suggest rolling hills or distant peaks, yet each form is defined by sharp edges and deliberate angles. The watercolor medium provides a soft counterpoint to this structural approach, allowing light to pool and bleed within the boundaries of each shape, mimicking the way sun filters through a valley.

This work finds its strength in the tension between the wildness of nature and the human desire for order. By organizing the landscape into a series of mathematical intersections, Costa invites a closer look at the patterns that govern the earth. The result is a quiet, meditative study of space where the transparency of the paint creates a sense of atmospheric depth without relying on literal detail.