IN The Park at 5pm
2021, oil on panel with cast sculptur, 24”x18”

During the early days of the pandemic, I found comfort in watching New Yorkers rediscover their parks. I filled notebooks with sketches—people sprawled on blankets, reading, talking, doing nothing. There was a tenderness to it, a quiet joy in the return to something as simple as being outside.

In The Park at 5pm, the figure arrives without color—blank, white, still absorbing. It’s my way of showing how we soak up light, atmosphere, and each other when we’ve been deprived for too long. The sculpted figure is cast in plastic, part of my ongoing exploration of bringing dimension into painting. Unlike bronze or encaustic, this material gives me speed and spontaneity—freedom to build and revise as I go.

This piece is about that moment of pause. Of shared air, golden light, and sitting still enough to feel full again.

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