This series of small abstract works marks an intentional pivot toward a quieter, more distilled visual language within my practice. While abstraction has long been an undercurrent in my work, these pieces function as focused studies—experiments in form, rhythm, and restraint. Stripped of overt iconography and narrative references, they lean into the materiality of laser-cut acrylic and the tensions created through industrial hardware and layered color. These works are not departures but extensions—exploring how abstraction can hold emotional weight, cultural residue, and spatial complexity even in the absence of easily legible symbols. In a moment defined by noise and acceleration, this body of work explores stillness, nuance, and the poetics of reduction.

Untitled (Chewed Gum) revels in its vibrant, hyper-saturated pink—an almost cartoonish hue that immediately evokes sweetness, stickiness, and pop culture artifice. The jagged edges and irregular silhouette feel impulsive and organic, like a form molded unconsciously in the mouth or under a desk. A translucent panel stretches across the surface like a stretched bubble mid-pop, while bolts and wingnuts press into the surface as if testing its elasticity. There’s humor and bite here—a sense of adolescent rebellion and sensory pleasure. In abstraction, the piece holds onto both material play and cultural memory, turning something disposable into something deliberate.