Oil and acrylic on canvas
 
“Eating Frogs is one of the most heightened worlds in Fever Dreams - all acidic greens and electric yellows, drenched in lush, layered foliage and saturated light. The starting point for the scene was my visit to Vizcaya Gardens in Miami, a place that feels both decadent and enchanted, where tropical planting and opulent architecture blur into something almost unreal.
Threaded through that garden world are echoes of the Rothschild Surrealist Ball - a moment in history when disguise, extravagance and dream merged completely. The masked figures in the painting speak to ideas of hidden identity and theatrical transformation: the freedom to step into another version of oneself, if only briefly.
The woman holding the serpent draws from older mythologies of temptation, knowledge and rebirth. For me, the serpent also represents instinct and personal power and that inner force that guides us through moments of change. In the foreground, the orchids introduce another layer of symbolism: beauty, luxury, desire, and the intensity of things that bloom briefly but fiercely.
This piece is about surrendering to sensation, colour and contradiction: a world where danger and beauty sit side by side, glowing.”