Carating’s pallette is simplicity by itself, with most of the works dictated only by a few colors. The works on canvas radiate a luminosity that is mystifying and arresting. Tranquil Earth (2009), is mostly green, red-orange and gold, gradating in alternate blocks on the canvas; the same goes for Silver Lining (2009), which combines green, blue, and teal. Both paintings possess a network of intersecting strands, which art critic Ruben Defeo described as reminiscent of “sinamay” weave. Nocturnal Images (2008), the title work, composed of red, gold, silver, blue, black and dark green, differs for its total abstraction. The infinite sweeps, blotches and scratches on the canvas and hairline texture capture you in their habit, moving you to a rising and falling cadence as well. Here, Carating is a brute, imposing a chaos of grooves and movements, unapologetically, and then sealing his works with unwavering silence in the end. The painting seems to depict a clamorous day, often riddled with uncertainties, and burdened with the anticipation for the emerging dark. Night is seen as a respite, a landscape where trysts take place not to be spoken of again, and where one can assume a different identity.