black and white

This figure looks like he’s been carved out of dread itself — gaunt, tense, and trapped against a wall that feels as claustrophobic as his expression. One eye is grotesquely distended, staring with a kind of feral awareness, while the other is shut as if refusing to witness whatever hell he’s in. The muted, sickly palette and the wrapped lower body make the whole scene feel half-ritual, half-nightmare. It radiates isolation, pressure, and the kind of fear that doesn’t bother to scream. Minted for #monotez event December, 2025