IMAGINARY INTERPLAY

I’m drawn to familiar objects, taking them out of scale and giving them space to be seen differently.
In that shift, the flaw becomes the focus.

This piece is about that moment, when something gives in and settles into its final shape. Not perfect, but complete in its imperfection.

The contrast between red and blue carries the emotion.
It’s direct, almost physical. The tension holds the image in place while everything else falls away.

That’s where I find the balance, somewhere between control and collapse.

A red frog, still and alert.

There’s a slight sense of humor in it.

I kept it simple and held that moment in place.

The contrast between the colors creates a painted suspense.

Painted in oil with a palette knife.

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 The inspiration came from thinking about what happens when a very defined presence is placed in a divided environment. There is movement all around, but the subject remains still. The work is really about that relationship and that tension. A very present, very real subject, built with heavy texture and strong definition, placed in a divided environment. The space around it carries contrast, shadow, and movement, while the subject remains very still. Because of that, the environment almost takes the lead, and the subject becomes secondary, even though it holds all the presence and expression.

Painted in oil with a palette knife, the textured surface brings a human quality to a technological subject, turning an everyday object into a reflection on how we live today.

 24 X 36 Inches 

2026

This piece comes from an ongoing exploration of red and blue, and how far their tension can be pushed.

The image appeared unexpectedly, a fleeting moment while watching these birds in motion. I don’t have a particular attachment to birds, but this one stayed.

For weeks, I questioned whether to paint it.
In the end, the contrast made the decision.

Like other works in the series, the subject is secondary.
What matters is the moment it holds.

Perch is about control under pressure, held just enough.

 24 X 36 Inches 

2026

The inspiration came from placing heat and cool within the same space and observing what happens when neither gives in. The warmth comes forward, the cool holds it back. Both are present, without resolving into one or the other.

The work is about that condition, where contrast does not cancel itself out, but instead defines the structure of the image.

Painted in oil with a palette knife, where texture, edges, and shadow define the image more than line.
Wired and ready to hang. Sides painted black

 24 X 36 Inches 

2026

An object designed to quietly observe becomes impossible to ignore. Enlarged beyond function, the surveillance camera shifts from everyday technology into psychological presence. The split field of turquoise and red transforms the emotional reading of the work, balancing detachment against tension, while creating a subtle sense of discomfort, the uneasy awareness of being watched.

24x36

2026

I keep coming back to objects that once connected us physically to the world around us. This old rotary phone carries a strange tension for me, something familiar and comforting, but also heavy with silence. Against the turquoise background, the red becomes louder, almost urgent, while the disconnected receiver changes the meaning completely.

I wasn’t interested in nostalgia as much as the emotional weight of waiting, reaching out, or hearing nothing back. Like much of this series, the painting lives in the contrast, color against color, connection against absence, object against space.

We carry the world in our hands, but we are also tied to it. Even cracked, it still feeds us. Even broken, we don’t let go.

This painting reflects our quiet dependence on the objects that connect us to the world. A cracked phone, still plugged in, becomes a small portrait of modern life, fragile, damaged, yet still a lifeline.

The composition is divided into strong fields of red and turquoise, creating tension and balance at the same time. The phone rests between these two worlds, suggesting both connection and separation, power and vulnerability.

Painted in oil with a palette knife, the textured surface brings a human quality to a technological subject, turning an everyday object into a reflection on how we live today.

 24 X 36 Inches 

2026

Painted in oil using a palette knife, using impasto to build texture and give weight to the objects and the surface.

This piece comes from imagination, built from small, familiar elements. A simple moment, a table, a cup, things left behind. It feels real, like a place you have been before, even if you haven’t.

The painting invites you to pause in that moment, to sit with it, and feel the quiet presence of something ordinary that holds more than it shows.

 24 X 36 Inches 

2026

Painted in oil using a palette knife, using impasto to give texture and definition to the object against a flat, controlled background.

This piece comes from imagination, taking something simple and placing it in a space where it doesn’t quite belong.                                            The contrast between the object and the color fields gives it a sense of tension, but also a bit of play.

The painting invites you to look at something familiar in a different way, out of context, exposed, and slightly unexpected.

24 X 36 Inches 

2026

Painted in oil using a palette knife, this work is built with layered impasto, where the texture gives movement to both the water and the structure.

This piece came from a sense of place that feels familiar but not fixed, somewhere between a house, a shoreline, and a passing moment. There is something slightly unexpected in the way the elements sit together, which gives it a quiet, whimsical feeling.

Rather than describing a specific location, the painting invites a personal interpretation, where color and form create a space that feels both real and imagined at the same time.

24 X 36 Inches 

2026

 Painted in oil using a palette knife, this work is built with layered impasto, where texture gives movement to the light and keeps the surface active.

This piece came from the feeling of being in a place where the sun is present, but the moon is still visible. The light is strong, almost blinding, yet there is something calm and distant at the same time.

It is about that contrast, where warmth and coolness, day and night, exist together. The space feels open, but the atmosphere holds a quiet tension that doesn’t fully resolve.

24 X 36 Inches 

2026