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60×30.5 inches, oil on canvas, 2026
Predestination grew out of an ongoing exploration of transformation, pressure, and the boundaries that separate one state of being from another.
The painting is divided by a translucent membrane that stretches across the surface, separating two distinct worlds. On one side, warmth, energy, and combustion. On the other, structure, order, and interconnected forms. The barrier appears solid at first, yet it is filled with openings that allow movement between the two.
As I worked on the painting, I became interested in the idea that the things we believe divide us are often more permeable than they appear. The boundaries between identities, beliefs, experiences, and stages of life are rarely fixed. We pass through them constantly, often without realizing it.
Rather than illustrating a specific narrative, Predestination explores the tension between fate and choice, separation and connection, resistance and transformation.
The painting asks a simple question:
Are we becoming something new, or simply moving toward what we were always meant to be?
60×30.5 inches, oil on canvas, 2026
Predestination grew out of an ongoing exploration of transformation, pressure, and the boundaries that separate one state of being from another.
The painting is divided by a translucent membrane that stretches across the surface, separating two distinct worlds. On one side, warmth, energy, and combustion. On the other, structure, order, and interconnected forms. The barrier appears solid at first, yet it is filled with openings that allow movement between the two.
As I worked on the painting, I became interested in the idea that the things we believe divide us are often more permeable than they appear. The boundaries between identities, beliefs, experiences, and stages of life are rarely fixed. We pass through them constantly, often without realizing it.
Rather than illustrating a specific narrative, Predestination explores the tension between fate and choice, separation and connection, resistance and transformation.
The painting asks a simple question:
Are we becoming something new, or simply moving toward what we were always meant to be?