His Greed Was His Undoing Series 5

Perched atop an ornamental railing, the small bird becomes a lone emissary between domestic pattern and gathering storm, its open beak suggesting a call that is both warning and song. The composition stages a quiet tension: a band of warm, repeated floral motifs anchors the lower field, while the sky above churns in bruised greys, pressing atmosphere into the scene like an approaching thought. Against this weight, the bird’s ochre breast and sharply articulated tail read as a fragile flare of vitality—an insistence on presence where the world feels unsettled. The work turns everyday architecture into a threshold, proposing that resilience is often found in the simplest act of staying visible.