Reconstruction Study I Painted from Ashes

Melted Trooper 36×36” Mixed Media (charcoal, Acrylic) on Canvas 2021

This piece marks the return to painting days after the fire. Created entirely with salvaged materials, burned canvas, charcoal from the debris, black and white Plaid paint, and a recovered brush, it stands as a direct continuation of the work through its own remains.

The process is embedded in the surface; raw, reduced, and immediate. Limiting the palette and tools was not a choice but a condition, forcing a shift toward instinct and material presence. The image emerges from constraint, carrying the residue of the event within its texture and gesture.

Rather than a restart, the work functions as reconstruction; a first act of rebuilding using what survived.

Melted Trooper 36×36” Mixed Media (charcoal, Acrylic) on Canvas 2021