Invitation To A Beheading
16 x 20"
Acrylic on Canvas
 
 
Thick strokes of black and pink collide to form a crowd that is never fully legible. Faces surface and dissolve, as if the moment itself is being dragged across the canvas.
 
Here we see a psychological gathering rather than a literal one. The figures appear compressed, evoking the anxiety of public spectacle and private fear. The title frames the scene as an invitation—polite, almost ceremonial—contrasting sharply with the implied violence beneath it. What is being beheaded is not only a body, but an individual’s right to his own thoughts.
 
Rather than offering a single focal point, Invitation To A Beheading demands that the viewer navigate fragments, accepting confusion as part of the experience. To stand before the painting is to join the crowd, complicit in its tension, unsure whether you are witness, victim, or both.