A field of black and grey. Rows of the same carved snake pressed over and over, the paint heavy in places and starved in others.
One of them carries gold leaf. Not much of it. Enough to catch the light when you move past, and easy to miss on a first look.
That is the difference between this painting and Golden Thread. There, the gold snake announces itself. Here he does not. He is in the crowd, part of it, moving with it, and still not the same as the rest of them.
Which is probably closer to how it actually works.
36 × 36 in · Latex and gold leaf on canvas · 2026
A field of black and grey. Rows of the same carved snake pressed over and over, the paint heavy in places and starved in others.
One of them carries gold leaf. Not much of it. Enough to catch the light when you move past, and easy to miss on a first look.
That is the difference between this painting and Golden Thread. There, the gold snake announces itself. Here he does not. He is in the crowd, part of it, moving with it, and still not the same as the rest of them.
Which is probably closer to how it actually works.
36 × 36 in · Latex and gold leaf on canvas · 2026
