Control freak

Control Freak is a raw, commanding piece that challenges the viewer to sit with discomfort and the illusion of order. A solitary, heavily textured slab of industrial olive-green material is applied deliberately—almost aggressively—onto a matte black field. The central form, organic yet rigid, evokes containment, suppression, and the desperate grip of control in a chaotic world.

The black background is not empty; it absorbs. It serves as both void and boundary, pressing against the textured mass, highlighting its artificial stability. The tactile quality of the green form—wrinkled, tense, almost suffocating—feels like a metaphor for emotional compression: a self-imposed constraint designed to keep everything “just so” while threatening to rupture from within.

There’s a quiet violence in its restraint. The piece speaks to the human tendency to control the uncontrollable—whether emotions, outcomes, or identity—and the inevitable failure in doing so. It forces the viewer to reckon with their own boundaries, fears, and need for control.

Minimal, brutal, and meditative, Control Freak becomes not just a painting, but a psychological object.

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I don’t paint what you see — I paint what you feel when the lights go out.
My work lives at the edge: abstract, visceral, and unapologetically raw. I use color like a weapon and shape like a secret. Each piece tells a story — sometimes loud, sometimes buried — but never safe.

Driven by instinct, memory, and chaos, my art is about confronting the beautiful wreckage inside all of us. If it makes you uncomfortable, good. That means it’s working.

This isn’t decoration. This is confrontation.
Welcome to the dangerous side of expression.