The Holy Ones, 2026

Standing like crude saints assembled from sticks, masks, bones, and relics, The Holy Ones evokes ancient roadside idols or forgotten folk deities lingering at the edge of the world. Their haloed forms seem both sacred and unsettling, embodying the uneasy overlap between reverence and fear found in early religious imagery across many cultures. The central figure, wrapped in tangled roots and bearing expressionless faces upon its body, feels less like a singular being than a congregation of spirits bound together into one ceremonial presence. The painting suggests holiness not as purity, but as mystery—something assembled from death, memory, ritual, and the human need to commune with forces beyond understanding.