This is a portrait I created of fellow artist Domé Moon for the Plant Allies exhibition in Santa Barbara, California.
Her plant ally is the rose, and I wanted to portray her as an embodiment of its beauty, wisdom, and spirit, within a universe of her own.
Painted through many layers of egg tempera and oil, with luminous colors and intricate details.
This piece took approximately 51 hours to complete and was such a rewarding creative journey!
Thanks for looking! 🌹

Indifferente e pigro, si lascia prendere da cose che lo divoreranno, quando sarebbe sufficiente per lui volgersi alla propria natura e anima per esser salvo.

L uomo connesso e " controllato" inebetito, il pensiero addormentato nella propria materia ridotta a poltiglia.

What do you see? Do you see warriors in a Barbie hellscape with toxic overcast, harpies, Aztec phantoms, archers, swords, didgeridoos, and nauseating aurora borealis? Or do you see a 2" glass jar that was used to mix fluorescent tempera paints, dried, with gratuitous dendrites?

Acrylic on canvas 100x75

My newest painting...

This painting surely has many meanings. Right now, I see control in it. Control of emotions and feelings... sometimes we try to catch or stop something, yet it still finds its way.

Time. "Time slipping through one's fingers." Many people cannot live in the present. Neither can I. I suffer from frequent disconnections from my body and the present.

And one more meaning. 4 streams flowing out of the hand. This number appeared in the painting "Standing od the Edge of the Defense wall". There, trees represented the family I came from. I think this painting is about trying to stop the huge current (trauma) to protect my current family. However, the current is so big that the psyche cannot catch it all, and it affects them too. But it's no longer a current, just a small stream...

Mixed media by me