Prometheus Mask, 2021

Prometheus Mask presents a spectral face fractured into prismatic color, its empty yet gazing eyes and open mouth suspended in a field of radiant unrest. The image suggests a being caught mid-transmission—between pain and enlightenment, silence and proclamation. Like the mythic Prometheus, the figure appears transformed by the act of giving, its identity stretched and distorted by stolen fire. The painting explores sacrifice as a destabilizing force, asking whether knowledge elevates or dissolves the self that dares to bear it.

Daily Painting #23; January 28, 2021.