Fear

Oil on glossy cardboard · 24 × 36 inches

In “Fear”, fragmented eyes and hands emerge from behind towering geometric structures, gripping edges and peering through narrow openings. Bodies are reduced to parts, stripped of wholeness, suggesting identity under pressure and agency slowly eroded.

Vertical planes of blue, green, and ochre rise like institutional walls, dividing the space into compartments of isolation. The glossy surface sharpens the contrast between rigid architecture and exposed flesh. The eye becomes both witness and target—seeing and being seen within the same oppressive field.

Visibility here is perilous. Hands test the limits of exposure; eyes hover at thresholds between concealment and revelation. Rather than narrating a specific event, the painting abstracts the atmosphere of surveillance and repression. Fear is not instinct alone—it becomes structure, shaping behavior, silence, and survival.