The Castaway
This canvas came to me as a literal castaway—a large, mass-produced piece of art I found abandoned on the side of the road, waiting for a new home. As I took it into my studio, I knew its transformation would be deeply tied to my own. The initial act of painting over its surface became a parallel process of inner housekeeping, a conscious mission to begin the work of dejunking my soul.
Look up, Love
Look Up, Love, 2023. 24” x 12” acrylic on canvas.
In my work, I often translate internal landscapes into tangible forms. With this piece, I wanted to subvert the typical viewpoint. We so often look down on flowers, appreciating their delicate nature. Here, I invite the viewer into the garden bed itself, to look up and be enveloped by the blossoms.
From this perspective, the flowers become monumental, their stalks rising like pillars and their petals catching the light like beacons. The vibrant, saturated colors are a deliberate choice to express pure emotion—the incandescent orange of creativity, the deep pinks of love, and the foundational strength of the earth below. This isn't just a painting of flowers; it's an exploration of finding reverence, power, and untamed vitality in the places we least expect it.
The Divine Reclaimed
Encountering this stark symbol of masculine energy felt like a call to action—an invitation to engage with it, to reclaim it from its sterile origins, and to build it a world with a soul. The object itself presented a fascinating challenge. The geometric buck was already there—a linear, almost cold form on an untreated black canvas that seemed to absorb light and color, as if the paint was vanishing into a void….
A Meditation in Golden Light
Here, as in much of my work, I play with perspective. The imagined flowers push high into the sky, their white blossoms reaching for the last of the light. They tower above us, inviting us to feel small not with fear, but with reverence. This piece is a meditation on the comfort of humility…