Rumination—Destruction is the first painting and emotional origin of the Rumination Series. Created at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, it reflects a period defined by uncertainty, unanswered questions, isolation, and the feeling that everything was moving in the wrong direction.
Its cool blue fragments emerge from and disappear into a vast field of darkness. Unlike the more controlled paintings that followed, its structure is intentionally looser and less resolved. Lines collide, pathways break apart, and individual forms become difficult to trace—as if thoughts are forming, repeating, and dissolving before reaching clarity.
The painting confronts the loss of control that can occur when rumination turns destructive: revisiting past experiences, questioning every decision, and imagining all the places where a different choice might have changed the outcome. Although light gathers within the composition, it remains fragmented and uncertain, suspended inside a mind still searching for direction.
Rumination—Destruction is the first painting and emotional origin of the Rumination Series. Created at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, it reflects a period defined by uncertainty, unanswered questions, isolation, and the feeling that everything was moving in the wrong direction.
Its cool blue fragments emerge from and disappear into a vast field of darkness. Unlike the more controlled paintings that followed, its structure is intentionally looser and less resolved. Lines collide, pathways break apart, and individual forms become difficult to trace—as if thoughts are forming, repeating, and dissolving before reaching clarity.
The painting confronts the loss of control that can occur when rumination turns destructive: revisiting past experiences, questioning every decision, and imagining all the places where a different choice might have changed the outcome. Although light gathers within the composition, it remains fragmented and uncertain, suspended inside a mind still searching for direction.
