Opening Reception: Friday, May 1 | 5:30–7:30 pm
Artist Talk: Saturday, May 2 | 11:00 am–12:00 pm
Looking forward to seeing you there.
She stands as if she has always belonged there, her presence commanding the space while the couch lingers behind her—less a place of rest, more a symbol quietly witnessing her arrival. Dressed in a 17th-century gown, structured and dignified, she holds her posture with quiet authority. And yet her eyes are covered by flowers, replacing certainty with mystery. We cannot meet her gaze, so we are left to feel her presence instead.
Behind her, the couch becomes its own character—ornate, excessive, almost ceremonial. It echoes ideas of wealth and status, but also memory. A mother who once saved for two years to buy a sofa that no one was allowed to sit on, preserved in plastic like an object of reverence. Decades later, it returns as a symbol of achievement—still untouchable in spirit, still carrying its quiet authority.
Palm trees rise in the background, rooted in the identity of a tropical island, while the sky dissolves into a soft pink sunset. Birds, squirrels, and insects drift through the scene like fragments of memory.
And almost hidden, a small Yorkie rests on the couch—quiet, present, grounding the space.
Tropical Feeling exists between worlds: past and present, function and symbol, memory and imagination.