(Doing) Damage - SOLD

Oil Paint on canvas

12 x 16 x 2

This painting explores the uneasy relationship between constructed systems and fragile, living forms. A construction vehicle enters the frame with weight and intention. Its rigid geometry and mechanical arm contrasting sharply with the wax figure it appears to confront or disrupt. The figure, composed of wax strings, feels improvised and vulnerable, as if held together by tension rather than stability.

Set against a saturated, almost theatrical backdrop, the scene resists a fixed narrative. The mechanical presence suggests control, extraction, or intervention, while the figure’s suspended, contorted posture implies both resistance and exposure. Below, a row of small flowers persists, delicate yet upright, offering a quiet counterpoint to the implied force above them.

I am interested in how identity, environment, and systems of power intersect, how something organic and expressive can be reshaped, constrained, or even erased by structures that are indifferent to its complexity. At the same time, the painting leaves space for ambiguity: the encounter is not entirely resolved. There is tension, but also a strange stillness, where harm, adaptation, and endurance coexist.

Ultimately, (Doing) Damage explores what it means to remain intact—visually, emotionally, materially—within environments that are constantly acting upon us.

Or, this painting asks the simple question “how does a clown end up in charge of a wrecking ball?”

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*Price based on $4 per sq/in + $150 in materials

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