Sweet Spot - AVAILABLE

Pleasure is not trivial. It is not decorative. In moments when control tightens and joy is policed, choosing sweetness—choosing color, appetite, excess—can become a quiet form of resistance.

Title: Sweet Spot

Year: 2019

Acrylic on Canvas

4ft x 5ft

Status: Original and prints available

I paint flowers and food large on purpose. I want them to feel undeniable. Monumental. Too much.

These donuts aren’t about sugar. They’re about appetite. About wanting what you want without apology. About taking a bite instead of asking permission.

Historically, still life has often been about restraint, order, moral lessons about excess. I’m more interested in flipping that script. Glitter, frosting, sprinkles—things coded as feminine, indulgent, unserious—scaled up until they claim the wall.

In a cultural moment where bodies are regulated and joy is politicized, pleasure becomes charged. Sweetness becomes defiant. A bitten donut becomes proof that someone was here, that someone chose.

This painting lives at the intersection of abundance and agency.

If you believe joy can be powerful—and that beauty deserves to take up space—this is the image for you.