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Abstract Inquiry · 2025
Swimming Thoughts
The Fish
Available · in the studio, Phoenix
Thought as aquatic — ideas that move the way fish do, below the surface, following their own logic without explanation.
Fish (2025) swims between symbolism and abstraction — a painting that offers both a wink and a wave, as it explores form, movement, and the playful simplicity of iconic imagery. This 36 x 36 inch mixed media on wood piece is part of the Pop Art Collection, where familiar subjects are reimagined through color, shape, and surface.
The composition features a stylized fish form, suspended in an aqua-toned field with radiant pinks, tangerine, and deep ink lines outlining the curves. Instead of realism, the fish is reduced to essential gestures — tail, fins, eye — rendered with bold economy and layered textures. Resin glazes shimmer across the surface, making it feel submerged and dynamic.
I painted Fish in the spirit of lightness. Of movement. Of non-serious seriousness. The fish became a stand-in for everything elusive: thought, time, dreams, memory. Easy to see, hard to hold.
This piece connects with the clean iconography of Keith Haring, whose lines transformed everyday forms into energetic, cultural signals. Like Haring, I believe simplicity can carry weight — that joy can have depth.
Fish does not live in water. It lives in motion. It invites you to drift, to look, to not overthink.
As part of the Pop Art Collection, this work glides across play and abstraction, inviting presence through charm.The
Where to see it. In person at RituStudio, Phoenix, by appointment. Represented by Jarrow & Goodman, Los Angeles.
The space it needs
- Wall
- At least 5 ft wide
- Ceiling
- 8 ft or more
- Light
- Natural light preferred — the resin catches it and the color shifts through the day
- Daylight
- Painted on a carved woodcut, its surface has real relief, and low side light from a window brings the carving up. Cobalt and deep gray hold steady; the ochre warms a little under afternoon sun.
Lives best in
Living room 5/5
Swimming Thoughts rewards the room where people slow down. It changes on the sec
Hotel lobby 4/5
Strong enough to hold an arrival space, intimate enough to reward a longer look.
Details
- Size
- 4 × 4 ft (W × H)
- Medium
- Acrylic on woodcut
- Finish
- Epoxy over acrylic. The resin lifts the color off the canvas and holds it forward, so the surface deepens as the light moves across the room.
- Year
- 2025
- Collection
- Abstract Inquiry
- Palette
- Deep Shadow · Deep Gray · Ochre · Cobalt
- Weight
- About 22 lb
- Ready
- In the studio; delivery 8–12 weeks
Its reading
Read on the six dimensions of ArtGraph.
- Texture4
- Form4
- Colour range3
- Palette3
- Contrast3.3
- Abstraction Quotient1
