Beyond the Mask

Medium: Acrylic on canvas, molding paste, layers of pigmented resin
Size: 16x20
Year: 2026

Comes signed on the back and ready to hang with a gallery-quality wire. No framing needed. Includes a signed Certificate of Authenticity.

There is a version of yourself the world learns to accept.
Polished. Controlled. Measured.

And then there is the self that lives underneath.

Beyond the Mask is about the space between those two realities. The sweeping bands of color across the face represent the roles we learn to wear: protection, expectation, and survival. But they do not fully conceal what is real. The gaze remains steady. Present. Aware. This piece speaks to the moment when performance no longer feels necessary. When what lies beneath the mask becomes stronger than the mask itself.

Beyond the roles.
Beyond the approval.
Beyond the disguise.

There is truth.