Beyond the Pillars

Beyond the Pillars explores the growth that begins when we move beyond what is familiar. Through fractured forms, organic lines, and luminous color, these works reflect the process of uncovering a more authentic self. Figures emerge, gather, and transform, suggesting that human identity—like nature—is shaped through connection, change, and resilience. This series is about stepping beyond what confines us and into something more open, integrated, and true.

Currently on exhibit at Awaken Gallery.

True Colors

Surrounded by fractured forms, the figure is not breaking apart but emerging more fully—revealed in all the complexity, beauty, and tension of self-discovery. The work speaks to the quiet courage of stepping beyond expectation, leaving behind what conceals us, and claiming a truer, more visible self.

24x18

Mixed media (encaustics, clay tiles, glass) on wood panel

$1200 - Available

Emerging Whole

He presses through fractured layers that suggest old expectations, inherited roles, or protective surfaces that no longer fit. Rather than breaking apart, he is allowing what was hidden, softened, or divided to come forward with greater clarity, speaking to the courage of moving beyond familiar confines and into a fuller identity.

20x20
Encaustics on wood panel
$720 - Available

Becoming Whole

Becoming Whole explores the gradual work of recognizing the fragmented parts of the self and allowing them to come together. It is not collapse, but re-formation—an identity taking shape through reflection, courage, and change. In this way, the piece speaks to what lies beyond the familiar: the possibility of living more truthfully.

12x12

Encaustics on wood panel

$400 - Available

Breakthrough

Surrounded by fractured forms, the bird appears not trapped but in the act of emergence. The piece explores what happens when we move beyond imposed boundaries and allow something truer to come forward. To step outside the usual is not only to risk change, but to discover the shape of one’s own nature.

12x12

Encaustics on wood panel

$400 - Available

Turning Point

Spheres circle the figure like thoughts, histories, and possibilities, suggesting a self gathered through reflection rather than fixed in place. The work reflects the beauty of becoming through motion—collecting the many parts of oneself until they begin to align into something whole.

20x20

Encaustics on wood panel

$720 - Available

Effervescence

The figure at once dissolves into and emerges from a field of vibrant, bubble-like forms, as if identity is being reassembled through energy, sensation, and color. The piece reflects the vitality of becoming: those moments when the self feels less fixed, more luminous, and alive with possibility.

36,24
Encaustics on wood panel
$2250 - Available

The Shape of Belonging

Figures rise like blooms from intertwining vines, suggesting the deep bond between human life and the natural world. The etched gold lines thread the composition together as symbols of hope and optimism, illuminating the ways growth, connection, and creative expansion emerge when we move beyond the familiar.

18x24
Encaustics on wood panel
$1200 - Available