LIMITED EDITION "Nosebleed" 11x17 PRINT

A face suspended between detachment and overwhelm, Nosebleed captures the quiet intensity of a moment just before (or after) rupture. Rendered in layered washes of electric green, soft cyan, and restless pink linework, the portrait feels both intimate and unsteady—like a memory that won’t sit still.

The subject’s heavy-lidded gaze meets the viewer with a kind of exhausted clarity. A bloom of red at the cheek hints at fragility, interruption, or pressure beneath the surface, while the exaggerated, elongated neck and slightly off-register features distort the familiar into something dreamlike and uneasy. The grid-lined background—suggestive of structure or control—contrasts with the fluid, almost leaking paint, reinforcing a tension between order and emotional spill.

There’s a rawness here that resists polish: smudges, overlaps, and visible strokes become part of the narrative. Nosebleed doesn’t dramatize pain—it lingers in it, quietly, letting vulnerability sit in plain view.