Figurative Paintings 1

"Death of the Forests"

Oil On Canvas 

8' X 3.5'

This painting critiques the Trump administration’s approach to environmental issues, showing the effects of ignoring ecology. Its composition emphasizes the importance of each element and conveys a message about environmental consequences.

"Fight or Flight"

Oil On Canvas and knife

6' X 3'

The image revolves around the themes of freeze, fight, or flight. In this painting, the viewer is cast as the antagonist. The crouching figure must determine if the viewer is a threat and then decide whether to leave through the open door or grab the knife and fight.

"Oh Shit! Something Bit Me"

Oil On Canvas

10' X 6'

I was immediately drawn to this pose's vitality, twisting and turning, so I incorporated it into a natural setting.

"The Curse"

Oil On Canvas

10' X 6'

I wanted the decorative and figurative elements to come together as part of the same story, each one adding depth, movement, and meaning to the overall visual narrative.

"Chaos"

Oil on Canvas

10' X 5'

This painting slowly found its form through a series of transformations, shifting in color, texture, and composition until it reached a place that felt resolved. Beneath that process is an ongoing tension between internal and external chaos, a restless push and pull that moves through the work and shapes its emotional atmosphere.

"Sorry"

Oil On Canvas

10' X 6'

The figurative elements begin to merge with layers of decorative patterning, creating a sense that the image is unfolding through both the body and the surrounding ornamentation. As I worked, I kept returning to the thought: what happens when the figure is no longer separate from the world around it, but becomes part of the pattern itself?

"Waiting to Self-Destruct"

Oil On Canvas

9' X 5'

As the image developed, the pose began to suggest a story of its own. I found myself imagining what had happened just before this moment and what might unfold afterward, allowing the figure’s gesture to guide the emotional direction of the piece.

"Searching"

Oil On Canvas

10' X 6'

“Searching” is about the ongoing search for the self: the quiet, often uncertain process of looking inward and discovering something unfamiliar within who we are. It reflects the moment when we begin to see ourselves differently, as if a hidden part of our identity is slowly coming into view.

"Tattooed"

Oil On Canvas

7' X 6'

In one of my earlier paintings, I started with the familiar language of still life but found myself drawn toward something more personal and figurative. Rather than arranging traditional objects on the tabletop, I placed beer bottles at the center of the composition. As I worked, they began to feel less like ordinary objects and more like characters within the scene, holding memory, presence, and emotional weight.

"Nightmare"

Oil On Canvas

10' X 6'

In Nightmare, the painting moves into the space of the unconscious mind, where hidden fears begin to take shape. The mood is dark, tense, and unsettled, as if the viewer has stepped into a dream that is beginning to turn against them. Shadows seem to press inward, creating a feeling of confinement, while the imagery suggests that danger is not only surrounding the figure but also rising from within. The painting carries the atmosphere of a distorted memory or a half-remembered dream, where inner anxieties become visible and the line between fear and imagination begins to blur.

"Hypocrisy"

Oil On Canvas

9' X 5'

I have often noticed a certain hypocrisy within religious doctrine, a contradiction between what is taught and what is human. This tension became something I felt compelled to paint, shaped by lessons I absorbed early in life and by the questions those experiences left behind.

"Mary Has A Little Lamb, She Also Had A Fish"

Oil On Canvas

9' X 5'

I began to see a connection between the biblical story and the nursery rhyme, as if both were speaking in different ways about innocence, judgment, and consequence. Placing them beside each other allowed the painting to move between childhood memory and inherited belief, turning familiar stories into something more questioning and unsettling.

"Please Don't Label Me"

Oil On Canvas

10' X 6'

First of a four-part series dealing with labeling others. The more I thought about these stories, the more I became aware of how easily people are labeled, judged, and reduced to a single idea. I wanted the painting to confront that instinct directly, to ask what happens when a person is seen only through the names or assumptions placed on them. This work is one of five paintings that grew from that same question, each one approaching the theme from a different emotional and visual angle.

"Grace"

Oil On Canvas

10' X 6'

When I created this painting, I found myself thinking about beauty as something that does not belong to one form or surface. Beauty began to feel like something sensed as much as seen, moving through touch, light, and atmosphere.

"Please Don't Lable Me For I Am Trapped"

Oil On Canvas

10' X 6'

We all label people so I wanted to address the issue. This is just one of five paintings based on this theme.

"Escape the Box"

Oil On Canvas

10' X 6'

This painting is part of the Escape series. The painting explores the possibility of breaking free from the boxes and labels placed on us. One side of the composition suggests confinement, with the figure held within an enclosed space, while the other side opens toward a long road of escape, transformation, and release.

"Witches Dance"

Oil On Canvas

10' X 6'

I wanted the backdrop to feel dark, mysterious, and layered with symbolism, so the figure’s pose would seem to exist within a charged atmosphere rather than an empty space. The witches sigils deepen that mood: as intention-based symbols used to focus desire, energy, and will, they suggest that something unseen is being called forward within the painting.

"Life Is About Creating Balance"

Oil On Canvas

10' X6'

This is one of my favorite paintings because it began with a simple phrase that stayed with me: “Life is a matter of balance.” As I sat with that idea, I started to imagine how balance could become visible through the composition, the relationship between forms, and the tension between stability and movement. The painting grew from that reflection, turning the phrase into imagery that explores how we try to hold ourselves together while everything around us continues to shift.

"I Danced For The Devil"

Oil on Canvas

10' X 6'

With this painting, I wanted to move away from the familiar language of figurative and portrait painting and see what would happen if unexpected imagery entered the space of the figure. As the work developed, those unfamiliar elements began to shift the mood of the piece, pushing it beyond a traditional portrait and allowing the figure to exist in a more symbolic, open-ended world.

"If Ya Gives Me A Nickel I'll Dance For You/ The Groomer"

Oil On Canvas

10' X 6'

This painting addresses imagery and subject matter that are not typically associated with figurative painting. It presents a disturbing encounter in which an adult predator attempts to lure an innocent child, using the tattoo on his arm as a coded symbol of identification with others who share the same harmful intent.

"Bet You Can't Do This"

Oil on Canvas

9' X 5'

When I began this painting, I wanted to let go of the pressure to make something serious or deeply symbolic. Instead, I allowed myself to follow a more playful impulse, creating an image that felt silly, foolish, and free. The work became a reminder that not every painting has to explain itself; sometimes it can simply exist as a moment of humor, lightness, and release.

"Cupid Urinating Through A Wreath Of Olive Leaves"

Oil On Canvas

9' X 5'

This painting was inspired by a work in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. In sixteenth-century Europe, images of Cupid urinating through a wreath of olive leaves were sometimes given to newlyweds as symbols of fertility and good fortune. Because infant mortality was high, these images carried a hopeful wish for many children, health, and continuation.

"The Wait"

Oil On Canvas

10' X 6'

The wall and floor patterns seem to fold into one another, surrounding the figure with a disorienting sense of space. She appears caught in a moment of uncertainty, as if she is waiting for something that has not yet arrived. Her shaved head adds to the mystery, raising questions about loss, transformation, or vulnerability, while her fixed stare into the darkness suggests a quiet confrontation with the unknown.