Entwined

Grayscale painting depicting two nude human figures, wrapped around each other end to end with legs interlocked. The figures’ feet have been replaced with hands. This painting can be oriented with either figure as the “top” figure, as each figure’s head is in line with opposite sides of the canvas.

Date: 3/4/2022

Physical Dimensions: 12″x18″

Reach

Grayscale painting depicting a human figure laying on their side on the ground, one leg extended and reaching up to the top of the canvas, their hands clasped behind their back at the hip. Focuses heavily on the musculature of the reaching leg and the clasped hands. The figure’s feet have been replaced with hands. 

Date: 12/3/2021

Physical Dimensions: 10″x10″

Bow

Grayscale painting depicting a human figure curled in on themselves, with one hand visible wrapped around the side, the other outstretched along the floor, and one leg raised and bent at the knee. The figure’s feet have been replaced with hands, and one is visible peeking out from under the bottom of the thigh. 

Date: 5/17/2019

Physical Dimensions: 8″x5.2″

Grasp

Grayscale painting depicts a human figure facing away from the viewer and seated on the ground with both arms crossed behind their back and one leg bent backward. The figure’s feet have been replaced with hands; the figure’s right (viewer’s left) hand is clasping the hand-foot of the figure’s left (viewer’s right) leg. Focuses on the musculature of the back and shoulders and the clasped hands.

Date: 4/5/2019

Physical Dimensions: 8″x8″

Prayer

Grayscale painting depicting a human figure lying on their back with the back of their head facing the viewer and legs splayed in an exaggerated diamond shape. Their arms hooked under/around the insides of the knees and hands resting on the lower shin. The figure’s feet have been replaced with hands, which are pressed palm-to-palm with the tips of the fingers touching in a gesture of prayer, repeating the diamond-shape position of the legs. Focuses on the musculature of the figure’s shoulders, legs, and four hands.

Date: 11/2/2018

Physical Dimensions: 6″x7″

Grief

Grayscale painting depicting a human figure sitting on the ground in a posture of grief or pain. Though their face and front face the viewer, the figure’s right arm (viewer’s left) obscures the face. The figure’s left leg (viewer’s right) crosses their body, obscuring the figure’s lower torso and hips. The figure’s left hand holds their right upper arm, and their right leg is folded underneath them as the figure “sits” on it. The figure’s feet have been replaced with hands, the one on the end of the left leg is splayed on the ground, the one on the end of the right leg clenched in a fist. This painting focuses on the musculature of the figure’s legs and the emotion conveyed through the body’s posture.

Date: 11/13/2017

Physical Dimensions: 10″x10″

Folded

Grayscale painting depicting a human figure facing away from the viewer and sitting reverse, with the front of their hips resting on the ground and propping themselves up on their fully extended arms. Their legs crossed behind them, mimicking a crossed-arms pose. Focuses heavily on the musculature of the back and buttocks. The figure’s feet have been replaced with hands, though only one hand-foot is visible. 

Date: 9/2/2017

Physical Dimensions: 12″x12.5″