60” x 40” - Enamel on Wood

Perhaps God is a woman? Perhaps we become like the stars when we die? Ascension is a painting filled with questions and wonder. As if floating in a back alley universe, outside of time and space, the sensual nude female in the painting moves with the rhythm of a dancer, kicking up stardust as she lies on her back. The yellow box in the painting seems caught in a limbo of expansion, or of sinking into black.
The painting began with a photoshoot with nude model coated in white paint to texture the skin. After capturing this image in a photo, it was transferred it to a halftone pattern, printed and hand-burned it into a silk screen emulsion. After silkscreening enamel to the wood by hand, it was finished with several intricate details and splashes in black and white enamel.