Man’s Folly

“Man’s Folly” is a fractured lament where a whale’s tail becomes both monument and casualty in a restless, multicolored seascape. The flukes splinter into jagged planes of viridian, indigo, and scarlet, thrusting upward like a tormented spine before flaring into angular lobes in lime and ochre, their edges sharp as broken promises. The water beneath churns in a chaotic mosaic of rust, chartreuse, and cobalt, as if the ocean itself recoils from the creature’s struggle. Rolling swells in muted sage and lavender recede into a pale, overcast sky, their gentle curves mocking the violence at the center. Through its shattered geometry and brooding palette, the painting indicts human hubris—nature warped and segmented, a living warning that every attempt to impose order only deepens the wound.