He is caught mid-roll — not thrashing, but dancing. A Lowcountry alligator suspended in a field of gold, navigating a forest of fallen bamboo.
It’s a painting about two places that live in the same heat. The bamboo is Asia — orderly, sacred, zen. The alligator is South Carolina — ancient, patient, wild. And the gold is the space between them where they meet. The marsh at sunset. A temple at noon. The same light.
The bamboo isn't just painted, it's breaking through — snapped, crossing, holding the gator's world together like pick-up sticks in a child's game. It reminds you that nature isn't tidy. It's tangled, textured, and always moving, even when it's perfectly still.
He looks at you with that one amber eye. He knows you see him.
Medium: Textured mixed-media — heavy-body acrylic with built gesso relief and dimensional bamboo appliqué on canvas, in stepped black frame
Palette: Antique gold / ochre field, deep swamp greens, indigo-blue belly armor, bone white, and ink black
Vibe: Luxe Lowcountry meets Japanese wabi-sabi — ancient, serene, powerful, and quietly playful. A statement piece that is both totem and treasure.
Dimensions: 38 inches x 48 inches
He is caught mid-roll — not thrashing, but dancing. A Lowcountry alligator suspended in a field of gold, navigating a forest of fallen bamboo.
It’s a painting about two places that live in the same heat. The bamboo is Asia — orderly, sacred, zen. The alligator is South Carolina — ancient, patient, wild. And the gold is the space between them where they meet. The marsh at sunset. A temple at noon. The same light.
The bamboo isn't just painted, it's breaking through — snapped, crossing, holding the gator's world together like pick-up sticks in a child's game. It reminds you that nature isn't tidy. It's tangled, textured, and always moving, even when it's perfectly still.
He looks at you with that one amber eye. He knows you see him.
Medium: Textured mixed-media — heavy-body acrylic with built gesso relief and dimensional bamboo appliqué on canvas, in stepped black frame
Palette: Antique gold / ochre field, deep swamp greens, indigo-blue belly armor, bone white, and ink black
Vibe: Luxe Lowcountry meets Japanese wabi-sabi — ancient, serene, powerful, and quietly playful. A statement piece that is both totem and treasure.
Dimensions: 38 inches x 48 inches