“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
Are still-life paintings really still? Imbued by the artist’s intent and purpose, they are far from static representations of inanimate objects. They hold the power to transcend the ordinary and offer viewers insights beyond the surface. Life is never still when we perceive beyond the objects a world of symbols, metaphors, and narratives echoing Life’s mysteries, enigmas, and paradoxes. Beyond their visual aesthetics, still life paintings can convey a sense of morality, the fleeting nature of life, and the passage of time.
Arrogance of Despair
48" x 96", Oil on panel, 1995
The Dialogue
48" x 96", Oil on panel, 1996
The Thorn Birds
72" x 48", Oil on canvas, 1991
This is not the Temptation of St. Anthony
48" x 96", Oil on panel, 1996
A World of Images, Not Realities
48" x 48", Oil on panel, 1995
Temptation: Rise or Fall?
48" x 96", Oil on panel, 1996
The Wall
48" x 96", Oil on panel, 2000
Fusion through my art
48" x 48", Oil on panel, 1995. Collection of the Housatonic Museum of Art, CT
Il ne faut pas badiner avec l'amour
48" x 48", Oil on panel, 1997
L'Attente, la Crise, la Rencontre
48" x 48", Oil on panel, 1995
Pardon et Culpabilité
48" x 48", Oil on panel, 1995
The One I Shall Kiss Is The Man
48" x 48", Oil on panel, 1995
La Cathedrale
72" x 48", Oil on panel, 1997
The Three Ages of Woman
72" x 48", Oil on canvas, 1990
And What Shepherd Can Stand Against Me?
48"x72", Oil on canvas, 1991
Perdre avant de gagner
48" x 24", Oil on panel, 2002. Private Collection. Boston, MA
Silence
72" x 48", Oil on panel, 1996
And what is your response?
32" x 24", Oil on panel, 1994
Between Dread and Desire
32" x 24", Oil on panel, 1995
Lust, Jealousy, Pride
27.5"x35.5", Oil on canvas, 1988. Private Collection. San Juan, Puerto Rico
Merging of Instinct and Spirituality
32" x 24", Oil on panel, 1996
Perplexed
19.5"x27.5", Oil on canvas, 1988. Private Collection. San Juan, Puerto Rico
The Ascetic and the Aesthete
32" x 24", Oil on panel, 1994
This is not a Vanitas
24" x 32", Oil on panel, 2002
My Sanctuary
30" x 30", Oil on panel, 2000
We Who Are Two and One
48"x48", Oil on panel, 1995
A Writer, A Painter, A Saint
72" x 48", Oil on canvas, 1991. Collection of MARe, Museum of Recent Art, Bucharest, Romania
Song of the Transient
32" x 24", Oil on panel, 1996
I Am The Law, The Verdict, The Crime
48" x 56", Oil on canvas, 1990