Abstract Eye

Medium: Mixed Media on Wood
Size: 3ft x 4ft
Creation Date: 2025
Collection: Pop Art

Abstract Eye (2025) is a gaze unbound — a painting that turns the eye into symbol, question, and presence. Created on wood in mixed media, this 36 x 48 inch work is part of the Pop Art Collection, where iconic forms are deconstructed through texture, layering, and wit.

At first glance, the eye dominates: elliptical, imperfect, gleaming with a resin-coated surface that warps its reflection. Surrounding it, vibrant colors bleed into jagged contours — teal, peach, and graphite black. But this isn’t just a portrait of vision. It’s a confrontation with seeing itself.

I made Abstract Eye while exploring how we are watched and how we watch ourselves — through screens, mirrors, others. The eye here is not just an observer. It’s a character. A symbol of scrutiny, of vulnerability, of attention turned inward.

This piece finds resonance with the irreverent compositions of Takashi Murakami, particularly his ability to elevate cartoonish forms into philosophical commentary. Like Murakami, I aim to disarm with color and then invite reflection through form.

Abstract Eye doesn’t ask for interpretation. It watches you. It waits. It reflects, quite literally, the room around it.

As part of the Pop Art Collection, this work bridges playfulness and perception — a vibrant reminder that the gaze is never neutral, and every image is a mirror.