Drowning

Oil on glossy cardboard · 24 × 36 inches

In “Drowning”, a mass of intertwined bodies churns within turbulent water rendered in luminous golds and deep shadow. Limbs reach upward reflexively, not triumphantly, as individual identity dissolves into collective instinct.

The composition spirals inward, denying escape or horizon. A single raised arm strains toward air, while surrounding forms collide in desperate proximity. Survival appears less a battle against nature than against one another.

The glossy surface amplifies motion and reflection; the palette fuses water and fire into suffocating urgency. Beyond physical peril, the painting confronts moral collapse under pressure. When fear governs, solidarity fractures—and in grasping for survival alone, all risk sinking together.