Oil on linen. 48x36 inches. 2026.
Civilizations come and go. They rise through heroic force, consolidate through reason and law, decay through corruption and exhaustion, and collapse—not into nothing, but into the wreckage for another cycle. Giambattista Vico called this the ricorso. A red field surrounds a dense, dark central form that seems to absorb light while also allowing flashes of red to break through. The image resists becoming a figure, landscape, or object; instead, it holds itself in a state of emergence and concealment. It is the first part of a four part series on the fall of civilization. Inspired by Finnegan’s Wake.
Oil on linen. 48x36 inches. 2026.
Civilizations come and go. They rise through heroic force, consolidate through reason and law, decay through corruption and exhaustion, and collapse—not into nothing, but into the wreckage for another cycle. Giambattista Vico called this the ricorso. A red field surrounds a dense, dark central form that seems to absorb light while also allowing flashes of red to break through. The image resists becoming a figure, landscape, or object; instead, it holds itself in a state of emergence and concealment. It is the first part of a four part series on the fall of civilization. Inspired by Finnegan’s Wake.
