Nespartia: The Violence of Peace (original)

12 x 24 in. | Oil on Baltic Birch Panel

This work from the Nespartia series confronts the contradiction at the heart of peace: that it can only be understood by those who have endured violence. Drawing on imagery from the Gundam universe, the painting channels the way mecha narratives transform war into a stage for human struggle, memory, and fragile reconciliation. The polished surface of the birch panel becomes a battleground where color and form clash, then resolve—mirroring the uneasy truce between destruction and stillness. The Violence of Peace asks viewers to consider not just what peace looks like, but what it costs, and whether it can exist without the shadow of conflict behind it.