70″ X 54″, Oil, Acrylic, Gold leaf on Canvas, 2025
The painting depicts a sort of “cartouche” frame where inside a pattern made up of a multitude of tiny, everyday people are painted, each one confined to their personal space defined by chain-link “fences”. More than barriers; they represent the cells we inhabit, a metaphor for the isolating nature of social media.
A profound paradox exists: these individual cells are physically linked together by the same chains that create them. This interconnectedness represents the very platforms that promise to bring us closer, but often leave us feeling more isolated.This static world is dramatically juxtaposed by a surrounding pattern in which the artist has intentionally incorporated the hourglass suggesting that time and space are not independent entities but are intrinsically linked. The trickle of sand reminds us that our time is a finite resource.that is constantly This painting is profound call urging one to recognize that the preciousness of our time should compel us to break free from an unreal digital confinement and forge genuine, tangible connections with the world and the people around us.the sand runs out.
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