Water Malone

2022

Acrylic, Mixed Media, Oil, Spray Paint, Krink Pen on canvas 

36 x 48 

$7500

A cryptic hymn in color and chaos, “Water Malone” is a parable in paint-an abstract war between the spirit and the flesh. The horned red devil at the top tempts, teases, whispers sweet self-destructions into the ear of the fractured man below-his face split like a stained-glass window of past mistakes. An “E” is marked on his forehead, maybe for “escape,” maybe for “eternal,” or maybe for the echo of everything he’s trying to forget.

Below, a swamp-green alligator waits like consequence incarnate-teeth like tally marks. If you listen too long to the wrong voices, you don’t just fall-you sink. The cardboard-cutout text spells it out: WATER MALONE—a warning, a joke, a prophecy. This is what happens when you let the darkness flirt too long.

But this painting doesn’t end in despair. It’s a battle cry. A reminder. A lesson wrapped in madness: don’t be Water Malone.