"to kerosene, torch to altar
and crossbeam. Praise instead the night,
its starless, basilica void."
2016
bitumen, spray paint, oil, graphite on paper.
This piece was made with a poem in mind published in a recent issue of Guernica, called "Tenebrae" by R. A. Villanueva, and its title is taken from that.
For the full poem please visit here:
https://www.guernicamag.com/poetry/tenebrae/
"I'll make the leaves of the rosebush into a costume and put them on to pass by, so I can burn your heart."
2016
bitumen, oil, graphite and ink on paper
Ektaphe, or the leaving
2016
bitumen, oil, soot, graphite and pigment on linen.
shroud
2016
bitumen, oil, spray paint, 24k gold leaf on linen
impasse
24k gold leaf, gouache on paper