01/27/2026
I’ve been working on this project since the beginning of the year. It’s my artistic contribution to current affairs.
The Cost of Lies
2026 | Encaustic on Panel
This work is made through repeated acts of correction. Each image begins with the word lies, mechanically printed and embedded beneath layers of wax. The surface is then carved, crossed out, and obscured—gestures drawn from the visual language of redaction, censorship, and fact-checking. The word never fully disappears, remaining as a trace beneath the surface.
Wax records every intervention, holding damage in place rather than concealing it. The marks read less as edits than as scars, emphasizing that acts of correction carry weight and consequence. As in my ongoing practice—including Erasure and Fact/Fake—the work resists clean resolution, pointing instead to what remains after repeated attempts to repair meaning.