Bananas & Other Body Parts
a playful and intimate collection of figurative paintings exploring sensuality, humor, vulnerability, and the body through bold color and surreal composition. Blending soft human forms with symbolic objects like fruit and vessels, the work moves between desire, performance, and self-awareness. The exhibition invites viewers into a world that feels both theatrical and deeply personal.
40 × 30 in
Acrylic on canvas
2026
Bathed entirely in deep red light, this painting captures a fleeting moment of intimacy within queer nightlife. The figures dissolve into shadow and atmosphere, blurring the line between tenderness, anonymity, performance, and desire inside a crowded room.
16 × 20 in
Acrylic on canvas
2025
A surreal study of temptation, masculinity, and performance. Rendered in deep turquoise tones against a vivid red backdrop, the figure becomes both exaggerated and theatrical, balancing humor with tension through distorted anatomy and symbolic gesture.
16 × 20 in
Acrylic on canvas
2026
Influenced by movement and stylized anatomy, this piece turns the body into a dramatic composition of shape, shadow, and tension. Against a soft pink backdrop, the figure feels simultaneously powerful and exposed.
16 × 20 in
Acrylic on canvas
2025
An ordinary object suspended in an unexpected moment. Set against a soft purple–lilac background, the composition balances humor with quiet surrealism.
22 × 28 in
Acrylic on canvas
2026
A playful exploration of form, appetite, and the surreal relationship between the body and desire. Saturated reds and soft pinks contrast against a bright blue backdrop, while a simple bunch of bananas turns into something symbolic, humorous, and slightly confrontational.
20 × 20 in
Acrylic on canvas
2026
Six bananas form a vertical column against green — direct, graphic, and unapologetic. The composition leans into repetition as structure, allowing color and shape to command attention without excess.
28 × 22 in
Acrylic on canvas
2026
A quiet study of tension, vulnerability, and self-awareness. The figure folds inward while deep green tones dissolve into shadow, creating a balance between strength and softness. Minimal in composition yet emotionally charged, the painting invites intimacy without fully revealing itself.
16 × 20 in
Acrylic on canvas
2026
An object passed between two hands becomes loaded with tension, intimacy, and absurdity. Through simplified form and saturated color, the painting turns an everyday exchange into a quiet performance of desire and vulnerability.
14 × 11 in
Acrylic on canvas
2026
A fragmented study of the body rendered through simplified geometry and layered violet tones. Cropped tightly against a dark backdrop, the figure becomes both sculptural and intimate — balancing strength, vulnerability, and abstraction.
22 × 28 in
Acrylic on canvas
2026
A playful and cinematic exploration of intimacy, appetite, and performance. A reclining blue figure peels a banana against a warm brown backdrop, balancing humor with quiet sensuality. The exaggerated color palette and cropped composition blur the line between vulnerability and spectacle, turning an ordinary gesture into something theatrical and suggestive.
11 × 14 in
Acrylic on canvas
2025
Darkened and nearly collapsing, the bananas hang together like a small portrait of time and intimacy. The piece turns ripeness into something emotional — soft, fragile, and strangely human.
14 × 11 in
Acrylic on canvas
2026
A simplified still life balancing humor, sensuality, and softness through bold color and exaggerated form. Set against a saturated violet backdrop, the banana becomes both playful and strangely intimate.
14 × 11 in
Acrylic on canvas
2026
A cropped study of the body rendered in warm earth tones against a muted pink field. By isolating fragments of the figure, the painting shifts attention toward texture, softness, and quiet vulnerability rather than identity.