Untitled 3 (A Day at the Zoo)

This work stages a dreamlike menagerie where patterned trunks and layered washes behave like curtains, revealing scenes that feel remembered rather than witnessed. A small procession of pale, storybook figures huddles in the middle ground, their fragile unity set against the looming presence of animals—quiet guardians or latent threats—whose silhouettes anchor the composition with uneasy calm. Color moves in tidal gradients of teal, mauve, and ember-red, suggesting emotional weather more than natural light, while the repeated textures (stripes, dots, scales) create a hypnotic rhythm that turns the landscape into a woven psyche. The piece reads as an allegory of passage: innocence navigating a thick forest of symbols, where refuge and peril share the same soft edge.