PRIVATE | UNTITLED

On Intimacy, Desire & the Art of Concealment

There are things we reveal, things we conceal, and rather more things we imagine we have successfully concealed.

Private is a series of mixed-media works exploring eroticism, intimacy, desire, and the curious theatre of being seen.

Fragments of bodies, gestures, and silhouettes emerge from layered surfaces of acrylic and collage, appearing and disappearing within fields of crimson, black, and shadow.

Some figures demand attention. Others seem quite determined to evade it.

Working on an intimate scale, I am interested in the tension between exposure and concealment, between what an image offers and what the imagination insists upon supplying.

The compositions suggest private rooms, interrupted encounters, and moments suspended somewhere between invitation and withdrawal.

Privacy, of course, becomes a rather complicated proposition the moment one hangs something on a wall.

PRIVATE | UNTITLED

Mixed media, collage, and acrylic on archival paper
2021

Individual works approximately 10 × 14 and 12 × 16 inches; dimensions vary.

Selected original works are available for acquisition. Private inquiries are welcome.