I was honored to have been invited to participate in the Transformer’s 21st Annual Auction Exhibition & Benefit Gala, featuring Out of Touch from my Baroque series.The Auction Exhibition was on view from November 8 to 21, with the renowned Benefit Gala celebration on Saturday, November 22. Canadian Ambassador to the US, Kirsten Hillman, was the 2025 Transformer Gala Diplomatic Chair. This timely international collaboration with the Embassy of Canada was to further Transformer’s mission to advance important cultural connections for artists & audiences. The title, “Everything is Everything,” was inspired by themes of interconnection and inclusivity,I did not sell my piece at the gala night. Still, I met several of my art collectors who had purchased my art at previous events. I am truly grateful to Transformer DC for supporting local art and artists and for connecting us with art lovers. About the selected piece:

In this hybrid (analog-digital-analog) painting from my Baroque series, I combined geometric color fields and free-line drawings, reminiscent of etching techniques, generated by deformed perspectives, with classical Baroque art and architectural elements to create a unique contemporary style. The arrogant and rather innocent female figure is detached and largely ignorant of her surroundings, fitting the title “Out of Touch.” I pique viewers’ interest by leaving a gap between what is recognizable and the abstract.

Process: I create digital collages from my analog studies, print them on watercolor paper, mount them on a wooden panel, and enhance them with ink and acrylic paint. Therefore, each edition is unique.

The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (CAH) FY 2026 Art Bank Program has selected my painting, “Unhinged,” as a finalist, following my invitation to participate. It was featured on the screen as part of the DC Art Now 2025 Exhibit, September 11 – December 12, 2025.

We celebrated the opening of the exhibition and honored all Art Bank finalists with a reception to kick off DC’s Art All Night weekend on September 11, 2025.

 

About Unhinged:

Unhinged is an attempt to relax the viewers, take their minds off daily obstacles, and engage them in a fun visual trick or illusion. Viewers may wonder if it’s meant to be about faces (profiles), plants, or buildings. And it is whatever they want it to be. I used fluorescent pink and light shades of yellow-green (acrylic) to create a soft background atmosphere, then energized it with dangling and upward-growing shapes (spray paint) and fixed-width thinner lines (collaged blue tape). The two futuristic orange spheres (eyes) and the lines (outlines of human or bird heads) interact to generate three whimsical profiles, with only two present simultaneously, depending on which way you look at it—the wave being the mouth and nose or chin for all three.

Three of my paintings—Bounce, Light Hall, and Portal Mystique from my Architectural series were selected for the Hickok Cole Art Night 2025 Annual Auction (Oct 16), which was the 25th anniversary of this event supporting the Washington Project for the Arts (WPA) and local artists.

My participation came by invitation, followed by an extensive jury selection process. I am thrilled that three of my works were chosen for this significant fundraiser, and one of them, Light Hall, sold at the opening. Art Night 2K25 raised a whopping $164,960 in celebration and support of WPA and local arts, making it their highest fundraiser in 25 years! I am thrilled that I played a small role in this historical achievement.