“To represent terrible and questionable things is, in itself, the sign of an instinct of power and magnificence in the artist; he doesn’t fear them. There is no such thing as pessimistic art. Art affirms”.
Friedrich Nietzsche
When we fail to learn from history, we repeat its tragic debacles and humiliating failures. Unheeded lessons are often the casualties of deliberate pursuit of domination. Recurring themes, allegories, symbols, and metaphors in my work convey the urgency and gravity of our times. Art and Life are intertwined, shaping and informing each other, and are agents of change. Observing history has exposed how political hypocrisy, religious bigotry, and unbridled greed fuel war and violence, inspiring my art to become a voice for peace, justice, and human rights.
Disposable People
48"x36", Oil on panel, 2010-2019
Truth
48"x24", Oil on panel, 2019
DEMOCRACY
36"x 48", Oil on canvas, 2019
Hypnagogia
48"x36", Oil on canvas, 2019
Broken Justice
36"x 48", Oil on canvas, 2019
Deliberate Dereliction
36"x 48", Oil on canvas, 2019
We have learned nothing!
36"x 48", Oil on canvas, 2019
The Least of These
24"x 48", Oil on canvas, 2020
Creating Hell
36"x 36", Oil on canvas, 2020
America, I can't Breathe
36"x 36", Oil on canvas, 2020
Dream Deferred
36"x 36", Oil on canvas, 2020
Your bombs made us refugees
36"x 48", Oil on canvas, 2020
In your name, they threw the first stones
48"x36", Oil on canvas, 2020
I am a Man – A tribute to the struggles of African American
48"x30", Oil on canvas, 2018
I Am Not an Oreo
48"x36", Oil on canvas, 2018
Love and Let Love – Be and Let Be
48"x30", Oil on canvas, 2020 -2022
Very, Very Slow Genocide
36"x48", Oil on canvas, 2022
Making a Killing
48"x36", Oil on canvas, 2022
Truth, First Casualty of War
48"x36", Oil on canvas, 2022
Who are the real Untouchables?
48"x36", Oil on canvas, 2022
Global Racket
36"x48", Oil on canvas, 2023
The Way of Peace They Know Not
36"x48", Oil on canvas, 2023
Never Again?
36"x48", Oil on canvas, 2023
I am the Immigrant
36”x48”, Oil on canvas, 2021-2023
Robbing the Poor to Enrich the Affluent
36”x48”, Oil on canvas, 2021-2023