SPOLIA
This series explores memory and the complex interplay between past and present. Drawing inspiration from the architectural term 'spolia' - referring to repurposed objects in new constructions - this body of work delves into themes of meaning and memory.
'Spolia’ also reflects on the universal human experience of connection and disconnection - from one's past, present, or self. Layers and fragments of time, memory, and environment intertwine.
chapter III
Here, Spolia operates through intersecting and twisting lines that accumulate and cross one another. These works are about memory. They stand as witnesses and guides. The revealed texture and unfinished edges mark the points where forces press against limits, exposing the boundary between intentional structure and what cannot be controlled.
"Fragmented #4"Oil, oil pastel on wood18" x 18", 2026$500
"Fragmented #3"Oil, oil pastel on wood24" x 24", 2026$800
"Fragmented"Oil, oil pastel, silver metal leaf on wood12" x 12", 2026$250
"Fragmented #2"Oil, oil pastel on wood18" x 18", 2026$500
"I stand for Good"Oil, oil pastel, silver metal leaf on wood18" x 18", 2026$500
"Night turns to day"Oil, oil pastel on wood18" x 18", 2026$500
"Day turns to night"Oil, oil pastel on wood18" x 18", 2025$500
"Contained within remnants #2"Oil, oil pastel on wood36" x 36", 2025$1250
"Knotted #2"Oil, oil pastel on wood18" x 18", 2025$500
"Contained within remnants"Oil, oil pastel on wood24" x 24", 2025$800
"Knotted"Oil, silver metal leaf, oil pastel on wood24" x 24", 2025$800
"Contained within remnants #3"Oil, oil pastel on wood24" x 24", 2025$800
"Connected, but not contained"Oil, silver metal leaf, oil pastel on wood36" x 36", 2025$1250
"Coil #2"Oil, silver metal leaf, oil pastel on wood24" x 24", 2025$800
"Knotted #3"Oil, silver metal leaf, oil pastel on wood24" x 24", 2025$800
"Coil"Oil, silver metal leaf, oil pastel on wood24" x 24", 2025$800
"Coil #3"Oil, oil pastel on wood18" x 18", 2025$500
chapter II
The in-between is reduced to its essential form: two lines in relation. They mark the position of a self shaped by opposing forces—at once belonging, and at the same time holding distance, both “a part of” and “apart from.”
"Strands" Oil, silver metal leaf, oil pastel on wood 36" x 36", 2025 $1250
"Braided cords" Oil, silver metal leaf, oil pastel on wood 36" x 36", 2025 $1250
"Apart, a part"Oil, silver metal leaf, oil pastel on wood24" x 24", 2025$800
"Sequence #2"Oil, silver metal leaf, oil pastel on wood18" x 18", 2025$500
"Separation #6"Oil, silver metal leaf, oil pastel on wood24" x 24", 2025$800
"Sequence"Oil, silver metal leaf, oil pastel on wood18" x 18", 2025$500
"Separate #2"Oil, silver metal leaf, oil pastel on wood36" x 36", 2025$1250
"Separation #5"Oil, silver metal leaf, oil pastel on wood18" x 18", 2025$500
"Incomplete #2"Oil, silver metal leaf, oil pastel on wood18" x 18", 2025$500
"Separation #7"Oil, silver metal leaf, oil pastel on wood18" x 18", 2025$500
"Drift #2"Oil, silver metal leaf, oil pastel on wood24" x 24", 2025$800
"Together"Oil, silver metal leaf, oil pastel on wood18" x 18", 2025$500
"Separate"Oil, silver metal leaf, oil pastel on wood18" x 18", 2025$500
"Embedded"Oil, silver metal leaf, oil pastel on wood36" x 48", 2025$1500
"Incomplete"Oil, silver metal leaf, oil pastel on wood30" x 40", 2025$1250
"Crossed delineation #2"Oil, silver metal leaf, oil pastel on wood24" x 24", 2025$800
"Contained"Oil, gold metal leaf, oil pastel on claybord24" x 36", 2025$1000
"Separation #4"Oil, silver metal leaf, oil pastel on wood24" x 24", 2025sold
"Separation"Oil, silver metal leaf, oil pastel on wood24" x 24", 2025$800
"Drift"Oil, silver metal leaf, oil pastel on wood18" x 18", 2025$500
"Separation #2"Oil, silver metal leaf, oil pastel on wood24" x 24", 2025sold
"Separation #3"Oil, silver metal leaf, oil pastel on wood18" x 24", 2025$650
"Spoliolum #1" Oil, silver metal leaf, oil pastel on wood 12" x 12", 2025 sold
"Spoliolum #2" Oil, silver metal leaf, oil pastel on wood 12" x 12", 2025 $250
chapter I
Spolia begins as a meditation on displacement—what it feels like to be in-between and what maybe has been. I draw from the reuse of historical objects and symbols, taken from one context and given another, reshaped by an intention never recognized.
"Centered"Oil, gold metal leaf, oil pastel on wood24" x 48", 2025$1200
"Cut and divided"Oil, gold/silver metal leaf, oil pastel on wood30" x 40", 2025$1250
"Boundaries #2"Oil, silver metal leaf, oil pastel on wood48" x 24", 2025$1200
"Existo, ergo sum"Oil, silver metal leaf, oil pastel on wood12" x 36", 2025$700
"Divide"Oil, gold metal leaf, oil pastel on wood24" x 36", 2024sold
"Spolia #12"Oil, silver metal leaf, oil pastel on wood18" x 36", 2025$900
"Outside the boundaries #2"Oil, silver leaf, oil pastel on wood36" x 24", 2024sold
"Intersection"Oil, gold leaf, oil pastel on wood2 by 12" x 36", 2024$1250
"Between the lines"Oil, gold leaf, oil pastel on wood24" x 18", 2025sold
"Between the lines #2"Oil, gold leaf, oil pastel on wood24" x 18", 2025$650
"Spolia #11"Oil, silver leaf, oil pastel, pencil on wood12" x 9", 2024$300
"Between the lines #3"Oil, gold leaf, oil pastel on claybord24" x 18", 2025$650
"Outside the boundaries #3"Oil, gold leaf, oil pastel on wood36" x 24", 2025$1000
"Outside the boundaries"Oil, gold leaf, oil pastel on wood36" x 24", 2024$1000
"Spolia #1"Oil, gold leaf, oil pastel, ink, pencil on wood12" x 9", 2024$300
"Spolia #9"Oil, gold/silver leaf, oil pastel on wood14" x 11", 2025$400
"Spolia #2"Oil, gold leaf, oil pastel, ink, pencil on wood12" x 9", 2024$300
"Spolia #7"Oil, silver leaf, oil pastel, ink, pencil on wood12" x 9", 2024$300