Tuesday, July 30, 2024

An Inscrutable Portrait, Stare

My 2022 oil painting, Stare, portrays a precocious boy who emerged from a chaotic and somewhat menacing background. The lighter and purer figure demonstrates the relative innocence of the boy, in contrast to the murky and impenetrable swirling background surrounding him like a maelstrom. The somewhat stunned or stupefied expression denoted the moment when his attention was caught, and he stared straight ahead as if confronting the viewers; a moment of a sudden turn of events.




This painting was published in February 2024 by Artistonish, Issue 43.

Friday, February 16, 2024

Pessimistic oil painting “All that is solid”

 

A quote from Karl Marx “All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned” perfectly capture our sad epoch and this monochromatic painting of a disintegrating city/landscape reflects such pessimistic sentiment.

All That Is Solid, oil on canvas, 22x28, 2022
All That Is Solid
Oil on Canvas 22” x 28”
Completed in 2022