Duality, privacy, and the unsettling presence of another gaze
Reflections (Intrusions)- 1983
Here the mirror becomes the site of psychological intrusion. The reflected figure is accentuated, revealing more bodily contours, and partially occluded (cropped), signaling a shift from observational realism to internalized, emotional space. The mirror is no longer a surface — it is a pressure point.
Painted in “83 but rooted in 1970s modernist figuration, the work balances the formality of abstraction with human presence, echoing contemporaneous explorations and questions of perception and identity.
The foundational work of the group. The figure’s legs bend toward the reflective surface, as if the figures unseen eyes are caught between self‑awareness and the intrusion of an unseen observer. Multiple mirrors capture only structural hints and unbalanced edges. The angled surfaces employ an affinity to compositional abstraction to create psychological tension, establishing the themes that echo throughout the later works.
