Canyon Bride from my recent Spirits series was selected and won an Honorable Mention by the independent juror, Amy Waldrop, for the Art League’s December 2025 Open Exhibit. I was very excited about this selection, as this was the debut of the Spirits series outside my studio.Consequently, the first edition of Canyon Bride was sold at The Art League Gallery even before the opening reception. Since the buyer was traveling, the gallery had to remove it, but they kindly allowed me to replace it with another painting from the same series. Visit The Art League Gallery to see Crimson Pass and walk to my studio (No. 5) for several other paintings from my Spirits series.

About the selected pieces:The veiled figure rises from the landscape, symbolizing the ethereal emergence of nature’s guardians and underscoring humanity’s inherent connection to and responsibility for the Earth. The “Spirits” series fuses figurative and landscape painting through a unique technique employing dense, filament-like lines and parallel striations, reminiscent of intaglio or etching. I hope to emphasize environmental awareness with this approach.

I was honored to have been invited to participate in the Transformer’s 21st Annual Auction Exhibition & Benefit Gala, featuring Out of Touch from my Baroque series.

The Auction Exhibition was on view from November 8 to 21, with the renowned Benefit Gala celebration on Saturday, November 22.

Canadian Ambassador to the US, Kirsten Hillman, was the 2025 Transformer Gala Diplomatic Chair. This timely international collaboration with the Embassy of Canada was to further Transformer’s mission to advance important cultural connections for artists & audiences. The title, “Everything is Everything,” was inspired by themes of interconnection and inclusivity,

I did not sell my piece at the gala night. Still, I met several of my art collectors who had purchased my art at previous events. I am truly grateful to Transformer DC for supporting local art and artists and for connecting us with art lovers.

 

About the selected piece:

In this hybrid (analog-digital-analog) painting from my Baroque series, I combined geometric color fields and free-line drawings, reminiscent of etching techniques, generated by deformed perspectives, with classical Baroque art and architectural elements to create a unique contemporary style. The arrogant and rather innocent female figure is detached and largely ignorant of her surroundings, fitting the title “Out of Touch.” I pique viewers’ interest by leaving a gap between what is recognizable and the abstract.

Process: I create digital collages from my analog studies, print them on watercolor paper, mount them on a wooden panel, and enhance them with ink and acrylic paint. Therefore, each edition is unique.

The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (CAH) FY 2026 Art Bank Program has selected my painting, “Unhinged,” as a finalist, following my invitation to participate. It was featured on the screen as part of the DC Art Now 2025 Exhibit, September 11 – December 12, 2025.

We celebrated the opening of the exhibition and honored all Art Bank finalists with a reception to kick off DC’s Art All Night weekend on September 11, 2025.

 

About Unhinged:

Unhinged is an attempt to relax the viewers, take their minds off daily obstacles, and engage them in a fun visual trick or illusion. Viewers may wonder if it’s meant to be about faces (profiles), plants, or buildings. And it is whatever they want it to be. I used fluorescent pink and light shades of yellow-green (acrylic) to create a soft background atmosphere, then energized it with dangling and upward-growing shapes (spray paint) and fixed-width thinner lines (collaged blue tape). The two futuristic orange spheres (eyes) and the lines (outlines of human or bird heads) interact to generate three whimsical profiles, with only two present simultaneously, depending on which way you look at it—the wave being the mouth and nose or chin for all three.