Painting · Printmaking · Installation · Cinema Est. 2003 — Present

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Oil on Linen · 24 x 30 inches · 2022

Three monarchs lift a sledgehammer by kite strings. This is the image I reach for when I try to explain the work: a butterfly carrying a sledgehammer is no less bizarre than sending a Tesla Roadster to Mars, and the absurdity is the point — it hands you a new angle from which to look at everything else. The most delicate creatures, doing the heaviest lifting, gently.

Oil on Linen. 24 by 30 inches. Winter 2022.

Oil painting on linen of three bright orange monarch butterflies tethered by thin strings to a red sledgehammer, appearing to lift it into the air against a soft cream background.
Docile by kyle parker cunningham