Koi and Oshan

This diptych was the center-piece of my senior art show (mostly because of its size)

"Sleepwalker Tragedies"



In a way similar to my own self-portraits where the image portrays things about me more than a representation of my physical likeness, these two portraits are character sketches for two characters in a story that was originally called “Princess on Fire and the Sleepwalker Tragedies.” The story has been developing over time, but it is basically about a world that has forgotten the truth. It is dominated by war and relativism and has no definition for the evils into which it has fallen. The idea of “sleepwalker tragedies” represents the people who live in this world: lost and without hope. Koi and Oshan are two such characters.



- Oshan (with the pig) has chosen ritual and violence as his reality and he steadfastly clings to it; embracing a world of destruction and endless pain and denying the possibility that life could be any other way.



- Koi (with the wolf) is a disillusioned, broken little girl; lost in a warring world, detached and confused and trapped. Some part of her longs for hope, but nothing in this world seems able to give it to her.

I finished them in the spring of 2005 and they are the largest oil paintings I've ever done: both are 42"x66" (107x168cm) each on stretched canvas and are hung about 6" (15cm) apart.

They are for sale at $1550 (plus shipping and handling if applicable).