Bull 8 (The Majestic Bull)

Rendered in obsessive monochrome patterning, the ram’s monumental body becomes less an animal than a living tapestry—an accumulation of marks that reads like memory, labor, and inheritance pressed into skin. Against the stark, quiet ground, the dark curl of horn and the dense filigree of the torso create a charged tension between solidity and delicacy, as if strength is built from countless small, patient decisions. The shallow strip of grass anchors the figure in the real, yet the overall flatness and ornamental saturation lift it into the symbolic—an emblem of endurance, domestication, and the dignified weight of being seen.