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Title: I want to feel the swell in my heart
| Medium: Oil stick on yupo mounted to canvas
| Dimensions: 30 x 24 inches
| Year: 2024
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Title: I want to feel the swell in my heart | Medium: Oil stick on yupo mounted to canvas | Dimensions: 30 x 24 inches | Year: 2024

Title: Night / lamp halo |
Medium: Oil stick on yupo mounted to canvas |
Dimensions: 84 x 60 inches |
Year: 2025 View fullsize

Title: Night / lamp halo | Medium: Oil stick on yupo mounted to canvas | Dimensions: 84 x 60 inches | Year: 2025

Title: This is not a place |
Medium: Oil stick on panel |
Dimension: 96 x 78 |
Year: 2024 View fullsize

Title: This is not a place | Medium: Oil stick on panel | Dimension: 96 x 78 | Year: 2024

Title: Mid morning / tree crowns |
Medium: Oil stick on yupo mounted to canvas |
Dimensions: 84 x 60 inches |
Year: 2025 View fullsize

Title: Mid morning / tree crowns | Medium: Oil stick on yupo mounted to canvas | Dimensions: 84 x 60 inches | Year: 2025

Title: A deep booming echo in my painfully hollow chest |
Medium: Oil stick on yupo mounted to panel |
Dimensions: 60 x 40 inches |
Year: 2024 View fullsize

Title: A deep booming echo in my painfully hollow chest | Medium: Oil stick on yupo mounted to panel | Dimensions: 60 x 40 inches | Year: 2024

Title: Dusk / lens flare |
Medium: Oil stick on yupo mounted to canvas |
Dimensions: 84 x 60 inches |
Year: 2025 View fullsize

Title: Dusk / lens flare | Medium: Oil stick on yupo mounted to canvas | Dimensions: 84 x 60 inches | Year: 2025

Title: Sunrise / jacob’s ladder |
Medium: Oil stick on yupo mounted to canvas |
Dimensions: 84 x 60 inches |
Year: 2025 View fullsize

Title: Sunrise / jacob’s ladder | Medium: Oil stick on yupo mounted to canvas | Dimensions: 84 x 60 inches | Year: 2025

Title: And I might enjoy the pressing of a stranger’s skin on my skin |
Medium: Oil on canvas |
Dimensions: 40 x 30 inches |
Year: 2023 View fullsize

Title: And I might enjoy the pressing of a stranger’s skin on my skin | Medium: Oil on canvas | Dimensions: 40 x 30 inches | Year: 2023

Title: Twilight / my own shadow |
Medium: Oil stick on yupo mounted to canvas |
Dimensions: 84 x 60 inches |
Year: 2025 View fullsize

Title: Twilight / my own shadow | Medium: Oil stick on yupo mounted to canvas | Dimensions: 84 x 60 inches | Year: 2025

Title: I went for a walk in the forest and I believed in the eternal soul. |
Medium: Oil stick on panel |
Dimensions: 24 x 36 inches |
Year: 2024
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Title: I went for a walk in the forest and I believed in the eternal soul. | Medium: Oil stick on panel | Dimensions: 24 x 36 inches | Year: 2024

Title: Strangers in the distance / silent night with siren |
Medium: Oil stick on yupo |
Dimensions: 30 x 24 inches |
Year: 2024 View fullsize

Title: Strangers in the distance / silent night with siren | Medium: Oil stick on yupo | Dimensions: 30 x 24 inches | Year: 2024

Title: Followed by my shadow / pursued by the absence of me |
Medium: Oil stick on yup |
Dimensions: 30 x 24 inches |
Year: 2024 View fullsize

Title: Followed by my shadow / pursued by the absence of me | Medium: Oil stick on yup | Dimensions: 30 x 24 inches | Year: 2024

Title: The way forward / dimension and shapes in the distance |
Medium: Oil stick on yup |
Dimensions: 30 x 24 inches |
Year: 2024 View fullsize

Title: The way forward / dimension and shapes in the distance | Medium: Oil stick on yup | Dimensions: 30 x 24 inches | Year: 2024

Title: This is a moment / Like the sky |
Medium: Oil stick on yupo |
Dimensions 48 x 50 inches |
Year: 2025 View fullsize

Title: This is a moment / Like the sky | Medium: Oil stick on yupo | Dimensions 48 x 50 inches | Year: 2025

Title: There are no stars or moon. / There are no birds tonight, / no bugs no passers by. / Just a version of you / that you don’t know yet / who is already afraid. |
Medium: Oil paint and oil stick on aluminum panel |
Dimensions: 48 x 24 inches |
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Title: There are no stars or moon. / There are no birds tonight, / no bugs no passers by. / Just a version of you / that you don’t know yet / who is already afraid. | Medium: Oil paint and oil stick on aluminum panel | Dimensions: 48 x 24 inches | Year: 2024

Title: Just a ghost of you / that you are tired of being, / who wants to go to sleep. |
Medium: Oil paint and oil stick on aluminum panel |
Dimensions: 48 x 24 inches |
Year: 2024 View fullsize

Title: Just a ghost of you / that you are tired of being, / who wants to go to sleep. | Medium: Oil paint and oil stick on aluminum panel | Dimensions: 48 x 24 inches | Year: 2024

Title: He laid down one day and wished he could disappear. |
Medium: Oil stick on yupo mounted to canvas |
Dimensions: 30 x 40 inches |
Year: 2025 View fullsize

Title: He laid down one day and wished he could disappear. | Medium: Oil stick on yupo mounted to canvas | Dimensions: 30 x 40 inches | Year: 2025

Title: Walking home / the cover of leaves |
Medium: Oil stick on yupo |
Dimensions: 24 x 18 |
Year: 2024 View fullsize

Title: Walking home / the cover of leaves | Medium: Oil stick on yupo | Dimensions: 24 x 18 | Year: 2024

Title: I want to slowly disappear / I want to become a tree |
Medium: Oil stick on yupo |
Dimensions: 48 × 30 inches |
Year: 2024 View fullsize

Title: I want to slowly disappear / I want to become a tree | Medium: Oil stick on yupo | Dimensions: 48 × 30 inches | Year: 2024

Title: The ground will keep my secrets but the sky will free me from them 
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Medium: Oil stick on yupo |
Dimensions: 60 x 48 inches |
Year: 2024 View fullsize

Title: The ground will keep my secrets but the sky will free me from them 
| Medium: Oil stick on yupo | Dimensions: 60 x 48 inches | Year: 2024

Title: Being here being now being everything |
Medium: Oil stick on yupo mounted to panel |
Size: 62 x 24 |
Date: April 2024 View fullsize

Title: Being here being now being everything | Medium: Oil stick on yupo mounted to panel | Size: 62 x 24 | Date: April 2024

Title: Something I once dreamt: Imagined landscapes #1 |
Medium: Oil pastel on yup mounted to panel |
Size: 12 x 18 inches |
Year: 2023 View fullsize

Title: Something I once dreamt: Imagined landscapes #1 | Medium: Oil pastel on yup mounted to panel | Size: 12 x 18 inches | Year: 2023

Title: Something I once dreamt: Imagined landscapes #2 |
Medium: Oil pastel on yup mounted to panel |
Size: 12 x 18 inches |
Year: 2023 View fullsize

Title: Something I once dreamt: Imagined landscapes #2 | Medium: Oil pastel on yup mounted to panel | Size: 12 x 18 inches | Year: 2023

Title: Something I once dreamt: Imagined landscapes #3 |
Medium: Oil pastel on yup mounted to panel |
Size: 12 x 18 inches |
Year: 2023 View fullsize

Title: Something I once dreamt: Imagined landscapes #3 | Medium: Oil pastel on yup mounted to panel | Size: 12 x 18 inches | Year: 2023

Title: Something I once dreamt: Imagined landscapes #4 |
Medium: Oil pastel on yup mounted to panel |
Size: 12 x 18 inches |
Year: 2023 View fullsize

Title: Something I once dreamt: Imagined landscapes #4 | Medium: Oil pastel on yup mounted to panel | Size: 12 x 18 inches | Year: 2023

Title: I’m afraid of crowded places / but i take my fear with me into the woods  #1 |
Medium: Oil stick on yup mounted to panel |
Dimensions: 9 x 12 inches |
Year: 2024 View fullsize

Title: I’m afraid of crowded places / but i take my fear with me into the woods #1 | Medium: Oil stick on yup mounted to panel | Dimensions: 9 x 12 inches | Year: 2024

Title: I’m afraid of crowded places / but i take my fear with me into the woods  #2 |
Medium: Oil stick on yup mounted to panel |
Dimensions: 9 x 12 inches |
Year: 2024 View fullsize

Title: I’m afraid of crowded places / but i take my fear with me into the woods #2 | Medium: Oil stick on yup mounted to panel | Dimensions: 9 x 12 inches | Year: 2024

Title: I’m afraid of crowded places / but i take my fear with me into the woods  #3 |
Medium: Oil stick on yup mounted to panel |
Dimensions: 9 x 12 inches |
Year: 2024 View fullsize

Title: I’m afraid of crowded places / but i take my fear with me into the woods #3 | Medium: Oil stick on yup mounted to panel | Dimensions: 9 x 12 inches | Year: 2024

Title: The claustrophobic shriek that I hold in my mouth |
Medium: Oil stick and oil pastel on yupo |
Dimensions: 24 x 36 inches |
Year: 2024 View fullsize

Title: The claustrophobic shriek that I hold in my mouth | Medium: Oil stick and oil pastel on yupo | Dimensions: 24 x 36 inches | Year: 2024

Title: The agoraphobic shudder that wracks my body |
Medium: Oil stick and oil pastel on yupo |
Dimensions: 24 x 36 inches |
Year: 2024 View fullsize

Title: The agoraphobic shudder that wracks my body | Medium: Oil stick and oil pastel on yupo | Dimensions: 24 x 36 inches | Year: 2024

Title: Wine dark sea / wine eyed wandering / heavy feet / listless sinking. / Alone in the landscape / but underfoot there lies / a millennia of you |
Medium: Oil stick and oil pastel on yupo |
Dimensions: 30 x 60 inches |
Year: 2024 View fullsize

Title: Wine dark sea / wine eyed wandering / heavy feet / listless sinking. / Alone in the landscape / but underfoot there lies / a millennia of you | Medium: Oil stick and oil pastel on yupo | Dimensions: 30 x 60 inches | Year: 2024

Title: I want to feel the swell in my heart
| Medium: Oil stick on yupo mounted to canvas
| Dimensions: 30 x 24 inches
| Year: 2024
Title: Night / lamp halo |
Medium: Oil stick on yupo mounted to canvas |
Dimensions: 84 x 60 inches |
Year: 2025
Title: This is not a place |
Medium: Oil stick on panel |
Dimension: 96 x 78 |
Year: 2024
Title: Mid morning / tree crowns |
Medium: Oil stick on yupo mounted to canvas |
Dimensions: 84 x 60 inches |
Year: 2025
Title: A deep booming echo in my painfully hollow chest |
Medium: Oil stick on yupo mounted to panel |
Dimensions: 60 x 40 inches |
Year: 2024
Title: Dusk / lens flare |
Medium: Oil stick on yupo mounted to canvas |
Dimensions: 84 x 60 inches |
Year: 2025
Title: Sunrise / jacob’s ladder |
Medium: Oil stick on yupo mounted to canvas |
Dimensions: 84 x 60 inches |
Year: 2025
Title: And I might enjoy the pressing of a stranger’s skin on my skin |
Medium: Oil on canvas |
Dimensions: 40 x 30 inches |
Year: 2023
Title: Twilight / my own shadow |
Medium: Oil stick on yupo mounted to canvas |
Dimensions: 84 x 60 inches |
Year: 2025
Title: I went for a walk in the forest and I believed in the eternal soul. |
Medium: Oil stick on panel |
Dimensions: 24 x 36 inches |
Year: 2024
Title: Strangers in the distance / silent night with siren |
Medium: Oil stick on yupo |
Dimensions: 30 x 24 inches |
Year: 2024
Title: Followed by my shadow / pursued by the absence of me |
Medium: Oil stick on yup |
Dimensions: 30 x 24 inches |
Year: 2024
Title: The way forward / dimension and shapes in the distance |
Medium: Oil stick on yup |
Dimensions: 30 x 24 inches |
Year: 2024
Title: This is a moment / Like the sky |
Medium: Oil stick on yupo |
Dimensions 48 x 50 inches |
Year: 2025
Title: There are no stars or moon. / There are no birds tonight, / no bugs no passers by. / Just a version of you / that you don’t know yet / who is already afraid. |
Medium: Oil paint and oil stick on aluminum panel |
Dimensions: 48 x 24 inches |
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Title: Just a ghost of you / that you are tired of being, / who wants to go to sleep. |
Medium: Oil paint and oil stick on aluminum panel |
Dimensions: 48 x 24 inches |
Year: 2024
Title: He laid down one day and wished he could disappear. |
Medium: Oil stick on yupo mounted to canvas |
Dimensions: 30 x 40 inches |
Year: 2025
Title: Walking home / the cover of leaves |
Medium: Oil stick on yupo |
Dimensions: 24 x 18 |
Year: 2024
Title: I want to slowly disappear / I want to become a tree |
Medium: Oil stick on yupo |
Dimensions: 48 × 30 inches |
Year: 2024
Title: The ground will keep my secrets but the sky will free me from them 
|
Medium: Oil stick on yupo |
Dimensions: 60 x 48 inches |
Year: 2024
Title: Being here being now being everything |
Medium: Oil stick on yupo mounted to panel |
Size: 62 x 24 |
Date: April 2024
Title: Something I once dreamt: Imagined landscapes #1 |
Medium: Oil pastel on yup mounted to panel |
Size: 12 x 18 inches |
Year: 2023
Title: Something I once dreamt: Imagined landscapes #2 |
Medium: Oil pastel on yup mounted to panel |
Size: 12 x 18 inches |
Year: 2023
Title: Something I once dreamt: Imagined landscapes #3 |
Medium: Oil pastel on yup mounted to panel |
Size: 12 x 18 inches |
Year: 2023
Title: Something I once dreamt: Imagined landscapes #4 |
Medium: Oil pastel on yup mounted to panel |
Size: 12 x 18 inches |
Year: 2023
Title: I’m afraid of crowded places / but i take my fear with me into the woods  #1 |
Medium: Oil stick on yup mounted to panel |
Dimensions: 9 x 12 inches |
Year: 2024
Title: I’m afraid of crowded places / but i take my fear with me into the woods  #2 |
Medium: Oil stick on yup mounted to panel |
Dimensions: 9 x 12 inches |
Year: 2024
Title: I’m afraid of crowded places / but i take my fear with me into the woods  #3 |
Medium: Oil stick on yup mounted to panel |
Dimensions: 9 x 12 inches |
Year: 2024
Title: The claustrophobic shriek that I hold in my mouth |
Medium: Oil stick and oil pastel on yupo |
Dimensions: 24 x 36 inches |
Year: 2024
Title: The agoraphobic shudder that wracks my body |
Medium: Oil stick and oil pastel on yupo |
Dimensions: 24 x 36 inches |
Year: 2024
Title: Wine dark sea / wine eyed wandering / heavy feet / listless sinking. / Alone in the landscape / but underfoot there lies / a millennia of you |
Medium: Oil stick and oil pastel on yupo |
Dimensions: 30 x 60 inches |
Year: 2024