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36×48 inches, oil on canvas, 2026
Transcendence began as an exploration of the relationship between the surface of a painting and the subject beneath it.
I became interested in the idea that a painting could exist on multiple levels at once. The physical surface could crack, tear, stretch, and transform while the subject itself underwent similar changes. Rather than treating the surface as something invisible, I wanted it to become part of the conversation.
As the painting developed, it became less about the surface and more about pressure. The tension of being trapped. The need for change. The instinct to push beyond the structures that contain us, even when doing so requires transformation.
The forms in the painting emerge, intertwine, and dissolve. Some appear constrained while others seem to break free. Fire, roots, figures, and openings became recurring visual ideas, not as fixed symbols, but as ways of exploring growth, resistance, and release.
For me, Transcendence became a painting about what happens when pressure can no longer be contained. The moment when change stops being optional and becomes necessary.
36×48 inches, oil on canvas, 2026
Transcendence began as an exploration of the relationship between the surface of a painting and the subject beneath it.
I became interested in the idea that a painting could exist on multiple levels at once. The physical surface could crack, tear, stretch, and transform while the subject itself underwent similar changes. Rather than treating the surface as something invisible, I wanted it to become part of the conversation.
As the painting developed, it became less about the surface and more about pressure. The tension of being trapped. The need for change. The instinct to push beyond the structures that contain us, even when doing so requires transformation.
The forms in the painting emerge, intertwine, and dissolve. Some appear constrained while others seem to break free. Fire, roots, figures, and openings became recurring visual ideas, not as fixed symbols, but as ways of exploring growth, resistance, and release.
For me, Transcendence became a painting about what happens when pressure can no longer be contained. The moment when change stops being optional and becomes necessary.