Fixation (2026)

In the mass of the day, nothing remains neutral for long. Everything gravitates toward form. What scatters around me begs to be picked up, moved, connected, drawn back toward a denser center. The momentum began without waiting for me. A force keeps me there, rooted in the warmth of that same call. In the desire to continue. In a kind of quiet hunger that wants to swallow nothing. Only to hold onto the point that captures me. To stay close to what is still warm. Artist’s Note: The beaver presented itself as an obvious choice. Before the dam is built, there is a fully engaged focus, a constant return to the same point, a desire to seize what is available and begin to give it form. As I painted it, I recognized the place that creation holds in my attention. It continues its work while I do other things, drawing in ideas, images, and materials, then constantly bringing me back to what remains to be built. In *Héritage*, the beaver embodies the ancient ability to transform its environment, driven by a need that is hard to shake. *Fixation* speaks of a visceral intensity, a desire to build that holds its grip until the form finally exists in reality and begins to exert an influence on its surroundings.