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A crow perches atop a dissolving skull, occupying the uneasy space between memory and imagination. From this fading remnant, branching forms give rise to my signature treehouse robotic heads—playful, geometric fragments of consciousness that seem to take on lives of their own. The contrast between the skull’s somber presence and the vibrant, inventive forms suggests that imagination persists beyond its original vessel. Drawing on the crow’s mythological role as a messenger between worlds, the painting explores the shifting boundaries between life and death, identity and invention, the familiar and the uncanny.
Perch of Unquiet Invention
Oil Paint
30 x 24 inches
2024

A crow perches atop a dissolving skull, occupying the uneasy space between memory and imagination. From this fading remnant, branching forms give rise to my signature treehouse robotic heads—playful, geometric fragments of consciousness that seem to take on lives of their own. The contrast between the skull’s somber presence and the vibrant, inventive forms suggests that imagination persists beyond its original vessel. Drawing on the crow’s mythological role as a messenger between worlds, the painting explores the shifting boundaries between life and death, identity and invention, the familiar and the uncanny.