Light Riot

Currently featured in: "The Big Show: Large Paintings By Master Artists "
June 5 – July 11, 2026
Exhibition, Thomas Stevens Gallery
Hillsborough, North Carolina
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Everywhere I go, people are glued to smart devices.
 
At dinner tables.
Crossing streets.
At stoplights.
In waiting rooms and bathroom stalls.
 
Our lives transfixed by glowing screens no bigger than an index card.
And somehow, we’ve started calling that a life.
 
No wonder we feel so disconnected —
from one another,
from the world,
from ourselves.
 
“Light Riot” is a celebration of rediscovering aliveness through unapologetic sensuality:
 music that moves through the body,
touch that makes skin tingle,
scents that awaken longing,
tastes that comfort and nourish,
and sights that crack open wonder.
 
But “Light Riot” is also threaded with darkness.
 
Because without sorrow,
how could we fully recognize joy?
Without longing,
how could we understand beauty?
 
My hope is that this painting serves as a reminder:
to wake up,
to feel deeply,
and to truly live —
not merely exist.
 
"Light Riot" – 2026
Acrylic Painting, Gallery-Wrapped and Float-Framed
Framed Size: 42 x 42 x 2.25
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