Portal. Acrylic, watercolor, graphite, and collage on paper, 18x14in

This piece blends realism and abstraction to explore identity through layers of memory and perception. The confident stance contrasts with the dreamlike background — fragments of pattern, texture, and color suggesting the inner landscape of thought and experience.

By weaving together portraiture, collage, and gestural marks, the work reflects how we exist not as static beings, but as evolving compositions of past and present — grounded in reality yet surrounded by imagination.