These Ancient Pleasures

2020.

These pieces feature silk-wrapped women partaking in activities and substances that have been around for thousands of years—like cannabis and writing—and being transported because of it. They get lost in a book or a memory. They create worlds on paper. They sip on fermented fruit. They’ve learned to lucid dream.

On seeing emerald | 46x64 inches | Carbon black gesso, acrylic, and oil on canvas | 2020

SOLD | Unplucked in the garden | 69x50 inches | Carbon black gesso and acrylic on canvas | 2020

SOLD | Unplucked in the garden | 69x50 inches | Carbon black gesso and acrylic on canvas | 2020

Ablaze is the witness | 46x66 inches | Carbon black gesso, acrylic, and oil on canvas | 2020

Eternity is the bud | 46x54 | Carbon black gesso, acrylic, and oil on canvas | 2020

SOLD | Undying is the reddest rose | 55x64 | Carbon black gesso, acrylic, and oil on canvas | 2020

SOLD | Leisure is a woman | 42x66 inches | Carbon black gesso and acrylic on canvas | 2020

SOLD | Leisure is a woman | 42x66 inches | Carbon black gesso and acrylic on canvas | 2020

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