Title of the Work of Art:

Become My Mirror, Follow After Me

Date of Creation:
2015-2016

Genre:
War Art
Period-Movement:
Neo Expressionism
Technique:
Painting
Materials:
Original digital artwork
Dimensions:
H 40 x W 100 inches


Artwork Description:
This monumental canvas unfolds as an allegory of the fraught encounter between the technologically ascendant West and the historically rooted East. A Western knight assails an Eastern figure who transforms into Death itself—a skeletal horseman brandishing a golden sword. The drama is set amid the smoke of a bamboo forest consumed by fire, encircled by a meadow. Burnt and raw umber dominate the palette, punctuated by flashes of yellow, red, and violet on the accoutrements of battle. The creamy-white horse of the Death Rider anchors the composition, a spectral presence amid the conflagration.