"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