Roast Beast, 2025

9" x 12" Watercolor on Paper; unframed.

Roast Beast presents a grotesque, ceremonial creature arranged like a sacrificial dish, its body twisted into an impossible posture that blurs the line between animal, idol, and offering. Set against a stark, theatrical darkness, the figure appears both cooked and alive, its green, watchful eyes suggesting awareness even in submission. The painting evokes ancient feasts, pagan rites, and the uneasy relationship between consumption and reverence—where nourishment, cruelty, and worship collapse into a single act. It is a meditation on how cultures ritualize violence, disguising appetite as tradition and sanctity.