“Am I Enough?” is a figurative oil painting that confronts vulnerability not through drama, but through restraint. The female figure stands frontally, her posture open yet unresolved, suspended in a psychological space rather than a physical one. The deliberately simplified anatomy and flattened modeling reject academic realism in favor of emotional truth. The yellow-toned skin reads as symbolic rather than literal—suggesting exposure, self-scrutiny, and the rawness of being seen. The red lips act as the only assertive accent, a quiet contradiction to the figure’s internal hesitation. Surrounding her, the palette knife background dissolves into fragmented pastel strokes—mint, gray, blush—creating a sense of ambient pressure rather than environment. This textured field functions as a mental landscape: soft, unstable, and unresolved. The white dress, built through vertical, almost nervous strokes, implies fragility and aspiration simultaneously. It is not ornamental; it is defensive.

“Am I Enough?” Oil on canvas

Two figures stand in a vast, enclosed room, cradling a glowing cube — the embodiment of love. The cube radiates warmth and light, yet the surrounding walls press in, offering no exit, no escape. The only way out is down — a silent metaphor for the risks, weight, and sometimes suffocating nature of love. At once tender and haunting, this piece explores the duality of love as both sanctuary and confinement. Shipping by request

 "Love, No Way Out" Oil on canvas

An abstract oil painting exploring life paths and relationships—some intersecting, some fading into memory. Monochrome tones and textured movement reflect the quiet complexity of human connection. Shipping upon request.

“Where Paths Forget Each Other” Oil on Canvas

This textured oil painting captures the emotional tension of a moment when life keeps moving forward, yet you feel frozen — unable to choose the path ahead. The deep greys and blues swirl into a single glowing point in the distance, symbolizing the one right choice that exists somewhere out there… just beyond reach. The thick palette-knife strokes create movement and depth, expressing that inner storm of hesitation and hope. The painting is framed, ready to hang, and brings a powerful emotional presence to any room.

“The Choice Beyond Reach” Oil on canvas

A raw figurative painting capturing a man at the edge of emotional collapse. Standing before his own reflection, he confronts longing, loneliness, and unspoken desire. His expression holds despair and restraint at once — a moment where weakness surfaces without erasing strength. Painted predominantly with a palette knife, the surface is dense, fractured, and physical. The face is intentionally unresolved, resisting polish or comfort, echoing the subject’s internal state. Thick layers of oil build tension between figure and reflection, masculinity and vulnerability, presence and absence. This work explores male emotional isolation — the quiet, brutal moment of wanting connection while being trapped inside oneself.

"Despair" Oil on canvas

This painting captures the stillness before sleep — when the room is quiet but the mind begins to move. The bed floats in deep blue water, surrounded by lily pads like fragments of memory or imagined futures. Some remain clear and luminous; others sink slowly into shadow. The figure appears small within the space, reflecting the way night expands emotion and possibility. It is a calm state, but intense — a drifting through what-ifs, through love remembered, love imagined, and choices once considered. Painted with layered brushwork to create movement within stillness.

 "Lullaby" Oil on canvas

How Life Actually Happens explores the invisible, repetitive drama of becoming. Inspired by the biological rhythms—some dormant, some ripening, some nearing release—the painting reflects a moment of suspended determination, where nothing is decided yet everything is in motion. The repeated circular forms suggest both cellular structures and planetary bodies, blurring the boundary between the microscopic and the cosmic. Painted entirely with a palette knife, the surface resists precision, embracing unevenness and erosion as part of natural process. Created during a period of personal uncertainty, the work becomes a meditation on cycles we cannot control, on patience, and on life forming quietly, without spectacle.

 “How Life Actually Happens” Oil on canvas

In Shame, the figure is intentionally stripped of defining features. The absence of a face removes personal identity and transforms the body into a universal symbol of exposure. Shame, in this sense, erases individuality; the person becomes defined not by who they are, but by what others believe they have done. The simplified, almost naked body reinforces this vulnerability. Without clothing, expression, or protection, the figure appears psychologically defenseless. The spotlight isolates the body while simultaneously revealing it, turning the stage into a space of judgment rather than performance. Although the curtains suggest an audience, none is visible. This absence emphasizes that shame often exists internally — the individual imagines the gaze of others even when no one is present. The work ultimately explores how shame dissolves identity and reduces the self to a moment of exposure.

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