Matthew Chambers's *Whether Below or Above Appearance* is an oil and acrylic on canvas work that explores the layered boundaries between surface and depth, inviting viewers to question what lies beneath the visible world. Chambers employs a dynamic interplay of translucent and opaque passages, blending the fluidity of acrylic with the richness of oil to create a luminous, enigmatic composition. The work evokes a sense of suspended reality, where form and abstraction exist in a state of ambiguous coexistence.