Untitled (Swing)
Untitled (Swing)
Oil on canvas
9"x12"
18" chains
2026
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This painting depicts a figure suspended mid-swing, blurred by speed yet tightly gripping the chains that hold her. The image evokes the sensation of youthful freedom, the exhilaration of movement, weightlessness, and the fleeting illusion of being unbound.
Chains, often symbols of restraint, here become the very structure that makes this freedom possible. Extending beyond the canvas to physically anchor the work to the wall, they collapse the boundary between image and object. What might signify confinement instead supports motion, joy, and play, echoing the evanescent nature of these moments.