Bachelors Degree

Watercolor
35.56 x 27.94 cm
2025
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About this artwork
Front End confronts the viewer with the barrel of a revolver rendered in delicate grayscale watercolor. The softness of the medium contrasts violently with the menace of the subject, creating a moment of suspended threat — or reflection. Stripped of narrative or background, the image forces a reckoning: between power and vulnerability, symbolism and silence. The gun is not fired, but it is already speaking.
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Aug 04, 2025
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About the artist
Papayon is a contemporary artist whose work explores tension, irony, and spiritual resilience through figurative painting. Rooted in classical technique yet driven by contemporary urgency, his imagery moves between control and collapse, where symbols, animals, and human gestures operate as quiet acts of defiance. Drawing from art history and lived experience, his practice favors emotional impact over explanation, inviting the viewer to linger, question, and return. Based in Houston, his work has been exhibited internationally and collected across the United States and Mexico.
Curriculum Vitae
Born in 1980 in Tucson, Arizona. Currently residing in Houston, TX, USA.
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