Acrylic
An Interior Door
80” x 32”
Acrylic on a Door
Visionary, Symbolic, Figurative, surreal: Surreal
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Voodoo is a surreal exploration of perception, seduction, and unseen forces at play. At the heart of the painting, a swirling vortex pulls the viewer into a dream-state, where oversized blue eyes float in space—disembodied yet deeply aware, as if casting a spell or bearing witness to hidden truths.
To the right, a nude figure stands partially turned away, her back adorned with a tattoo of cat paw prints trailing down her spine. What appear to be dragon-like wings unfurl behind her—whether real or symbolic, they evoke a sense of transformation or primal instinct. A glowing strand—resembling pearls or DNA—wraps around her body, weaving her into the fabric of the scene like a tether of enchantment.
Beneath her, a red-and-green checkerboard floor stretches into the distance, suggesting a strange game or ritual arena. A lone black chess piece looms beside her like a sentinel. Are the wings hers… or are they somehow connected to the chess piece?
On the left, lens flares radiate outward across the canvas, while ghostlike birds soar through a hypnotic sky of deep blues and greens—hinting at altered states of consciousness, spiritual tension, or psychic release.
This piece merges fantasy and psyche, touching on the invisible forces that influence us and the psychological games we play with each other in our relationships.
Tags: Love, Games, Mystery
Voodoo was one of the very first pieces I ever painted—and the first time I used a door as my canvas. It became a deeply personal work, a surreal portrait of my wife at the time, and the powerful gaze she would give me. The disembodied eyes that float in the swirling vortex aren’t imagined; they’re drawn directly from those moments, capturing the intensity and spell-like pull she held over me.
The red-and-green checkerboard floor beneath a lone black chess piece hints at the games we played—unspoken strategies, emotional moves, and quiet power struggles that exist in the undercurrents of relationships. The nude figure, marked with cat paw tattoos and wrapped in a luminous strand, represents that magnetic seduction, both wild and enigmatic. Behind her rise dragon-like wings—whether hers or an extension of the chess piece is left unresolved, reflecting the blurring of self and influence in intimate dynamics.
Lens flares and ghostly birds drift across the hypnotic sky, suggesting a trance-like state—emotional, spiritual, and psychological. This piece is an exploration of control, vulnerability, and the invisible forces we cast on each other when love becomes ritual.
That’s why I called it Voodoo.
