Something happened when you saw this. What was it?
Ephemeral Atmosphere · 2021
Scream
Available · in the studio, Phoenix
The scream as atmosphere — not the figure but the feeling, the air after the sound has been made and the wall still holds it.
Scream (2021) is a release — raw, visceral, and necessary. Part of the Ephemeral Atmosphere Collection, this 48 x 48 inch acrylic painting captures the energy of an unspoken cry. A moment suspended between silence and sound, between containment and eruption.
The canvas pulses with vibrant streaks of crimson, deep purples, and jagged black lines. The brushwork is unfiltered — aggressive in parts, almost erased in others. There is no symmetry, no order. Just emotion, moving as quickly as it arrives. It’s not about violence. It’s about survival.
This work was created during a moment of personal rupture. It holds the kind of feeling you don’t plan — the kind that arrives in the body before the mind can name it. The painting itself became an act of catharsis, a place to let the pressure out.
Scream finds resonance with Jean-Michel Basquiat, not in style, but in spirit — the urgency to get it out, to leave a mark that is more feeling than form. Like Basquiat, I am not interested in polish here. I am interested in truth.
And the truth is: we all carry something loud inside us.
As part of the Ephemeral Atmosphere Collection, Scream marks a rupture in the visual flow. It’s a jolt. A break in the narrative. But it’s also a mirror — an invitation to honor the moments when emotion becomes too large for containment.
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 transforms this work — morning and evening light read differently
- Daylight
- Sea-glass blue and malachite green stay cool and steady near glass. With low contrast and a smooth surface, though, direct sun can wash the field pale; bright indirect light keeps it resonant.
Lives best in
Living room 5/5
Scream earns its place in a living room because the malachite green and cobalt push outward with enough force to anchor a shared space, giving restlessness somewhere to land without demanding resolution.
Bedroom 4/5
The near-recognizable figuration at abstraction 0.5 keeps a viewer slightly alert, and while the cathartic theme can be meaningful in private, the restless mood and cool chromatic pressure make genuine rest harder to reach.
Details
- Size
- 4 × 4 ft (W × H)
- Medium
- Acrylic on canvas
- Year
- 2021
- Collection
- Ephemeral Atmosphere
- Palette
- Malachite Green · Dusty Mauve · Cobalt · Sea-Glass Blue
- Weight
- About 22 lb
- Ready
- In the studio; delivery 6–10 weeks
Its ArtGram
ArtGram.Spur
- Texture1
- Form2
- Colour range3
- Palette3.3
- Contrast1.7
- Abstraction Quotient0.5
