In “Draped by Impermanence,” I explore the tension between vitality and decay, presence and inevitability. The nude male figure, rendered in raw vulnerability, stands face-to-face with a skeleton — not as an adversary, but as a mirror. This encounter is not one of fear, but of recognition.

The title evokes both a physical and philosophical veil: we are all draped by impermanence, whether in skin or in silence. The flesh, still warm and human, confronts the bones — stripped of identity but steeped in memory. It’s a meditation on mortality, masculinity, and what it means to exist with the knowledge that all things pass.

Oil paint, with its slow-drying nature, allows me to linger with these ideas — to push and pull life and loss across the canvas. Through shadow and light, I invite the viewer into a still moment suspended between time and timelessness.

This work is less about death than about acceptance. It is an invitation to sit with impermanence, to find meaning in the fleeting, and perhaps, to find peace in the reflection.