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Selected Works

Most traditional paintings assume the image exists fully formed on the canvas. The viewer simply receives it. But in my paintings, the viewer becomes an active participant in completing the work. The paintings change depending on where the body is in relation to the work. One cannot fully experience my paintings from a single fixed point. These pieces exist in the transition between fragmented abstraction and the larger resolved image, mirroring how human consciousness actually works.

ARCHITECTURES OF MEMORY: GOTHAM
48 x 36 inches, acrylic on canvas

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.

MULTIPLICITY OF SELF
32 x 48 inches, acrylic on panel

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.

WARRIOR ARCHETYPE: GUERRERA
36 x 36 inches, acrylic on canvas

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.

WARRIOR ARCHETYPE: SHUJAA
36 x 36 inches, acrylic on canvas

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.

WARRIOR ARCHETYPE: SAVASCI
36 x 36 inches, acrylic on canvas

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.

WARRIOR ARCHETYPE: AKICHITA
36 x 36 inches, acrylic on canvas

The Lakota warrior emerges from fractured planes of color as both individual and ancestral presence. The face appears weathered by memory, carrying the psychological weight of conflict while maintaining an unbroken sense of dignity. In Jungian terms, the warrior archetype here transcends aggression; it becomes a symbol of sacred duty, courage, and alignment with collective identity. The Akíčhita was historically expected to embody restraint, honor, and sacrifice in service of the tribe, and those qualities permeate the painting’s solemn intensity.

WARRIOR ARCHETYPE: EISHES CHAYIL
36 x 36 inches, acrylic on canvas

This portrait channels the warrior archetype through the lens of Jewish historical memory, where survival and spiritual endurance become inseparable. The fractured mosaic surface evokes generations shaped by exile, persecution, resistance, and resilience—from ancient Judean conflicts to the diasporic struggles that defined Jewish identity across centuries. The face appears simultaneously wounded and unwavering, suggesting a psyche forged not only through battle, but through remembrance.

ARTIFICIAL BRILLIANCE
36 x 36 inches, acrylic on canvas

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.

URBAN RESOLUTION
30 x 30 inches, acrylic on canvas

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.