Shhh
36" x 36", acrylic on canvas, 2018

A flattering portrait of the artist is presented as he paints a young woman in a classic pop style from the 1960s. Her "Shhh" admonition is directed to the viewer, so as not to alert the artist that the street art style is competing with and perhaps replacing, other popular representations of figures - the two stencilled rats in the foreground are overpainting the artist.