Works | Painted Mosaic

Selected Works

At close range, the surface dissolves into discontinuous marks; at a distance, these fragments organize into legible form. This shift between disorientation and clarity reflects how perception operates — accumulating, filtering, and reconstructing visual information. The mosaic structure becomes a cognitive model, where image and meaning emerge through participation rather than passive viewing.

ARCHITECTURES OF MEMORY: GOTHAM

The work destabilizes spatial perception by compressing multiple viewpoints into a fragmented visual field. The city emerges only as the viewer organizes these discontinuous elements into coherence. Space is not depicted as fixed, but constructed through the act of seeing.

Selected for the 78th Midwestern Biennial at the Rockford Art Museum, May 22 – September 27, 2026.

48 x 36 inches, acrylic on canvas

MULTIPLICITY OF SELF

Multiple perceptual states coexist within the same visual field, preventing a singular, stable reading of the figure. The viewer’s attempt to unify the image mirrors the cognitive process of resolving complexity into coherence. Identity is experienced as layered and contingent.

32 X 48 inches, acrylic on panel

FACES OF WAR: GUERRERA

The image oscillates between structural clarity and fragmentation, depending on the viewer’s position. This instability highlights the gap between visual information and perceptual resolution. The figure is not fixed, but continually reconstructed through observation.

36 x 36 inches, acrylic on canvas

FACES OF WAR: SHUJAA

A controlled balance between legibility and disruption allows the figure to remain present while visibly constructed. The surface reveals its own assembly, emphasizing that coherence is conditional rather than inherent. The image holds together without fully resolving.

36 X 36 inches, acrylic on canvas

FACES OF WAR: SAVASCI

Fragmentation interrupts the unity of the face, preventing a seamless perceptual reading. The viewer is required to negotiate between recognition and breakdown, holding both simultaneously. The work sustains this tension rather than resolving it.

36 x 36 inches, acrylic on canvas

ARTIFICIAL BRILLIANCE

The image suggests a mode of perception shaped by constructed or mediated systems. Fragmentation feels less organic, emphasizing assembly over observation. Clarity appears as something engineered rather than naturally perceived.

36 X 36 inches, acrylic on canvas

URBAN RESOLUTION

The composition compresses architectural space into a fragmented visual field that resists immediate spatial logic. Structure is not depicted but constructed through the viewer’s perceptual engagement, shifting from disorientation to coherence with distance. The work frames the built environment as an active cognitive assembly rather than a stable, objective reality.

30 X 30 inches, acrylic on canvas