Torque

11" x 14"

oil on canvas panel

This painting presents a commanding male figure rendered with classical confidence and contemporary candor. Seated against the soft geometry of a sunlit automobile, the subject’s monumental physique is modeled with sculptural precision - each plane of muscle articulated through warm, luminous brushwork. The artist balances power and repose, inviting the viewer to linger on the contrast between sheer physicality and quiet self-possession.

The palette is restrained and sun-washed, evoking heat, leisure, and the charged stillness of a private moment. Flesh tones are built in layered strokes, giving the surface a tactile immediacy while maintaining painterly elegance. Though explicitly figurative, the work avoids provocation for its own sake; instead, it situates eroticism within a tradition of heroic portraiture, reclaiming the male nude as both object of desire and subject of dignity.

Bold, unapologetic, and exquisitely executed, this painting is a confident statement on masculinity, vulnerability, and the timeless appeal of the human form.