Portraits of Invisible Power examines the unseen structures that organize control, value, and obligation in contemporary life. Each work removes narrative and gesture, leaving behind compressed surfaces that operate like quiet architectural remnants rather than images. The series does not illustrate power — it reveals the residue it leaves on material, space, and memory.
CLEARANCE
shredded currency & acrylics on panel
30 × 40 in
2026
CLEARANCE removes gesture and narrative until only structure remains. What appears minimal is not empty — it is compressed. The surface holds the quiet pressure of systems that shape us without spectacle or permission.
This is not an image of power. It is the residue of where power has already passed.
As the first work in the series Portraits of Invisible Power, CLEARANCE establishes the visual and conceptual language that the subsequent works will expand, test, and resist.
