Where the Hippo Dreams

“Where the Hippo Dreams” follows a creature shaped by southern waters - a being that carries the weight of heat, mud, and river-breath in its skin.

In this painting, the hippo steps toward a world that does not belong to it: a landscape of mountains and open air, entered through an arch of vines heavy with grapes.

The crossing is quiet but meaningful. It reflects what it takes to enter a place where one’s presence is unexpected - a world built on other histories, other climates, other assumptions. The hippo carries its thick skin not only as biology, but as metaphor: protection, memory, resilience.

The work suggests that transformation begins within. A shift of courage, a soft decision, a dream that insists on movement. The gate is more than an architectural form; it is an invitation to reconsider where belonging begins and how far imagination can carry a body across worlds.

Keeper of the Jaguar Path

“When the jaguar disappears, the forest forgets how to speak.”

This ancient Amazonian saying whispers through the painting like breath through leaves.

A quiet sentinel walks where shadows breathe and roots remember. This is the Jaguar’s path - wild, sacred, alive. The keeper does not lead but listens, protecting what moves unseen, guiding what must endure.

The work honors the balance between presence and disappearance, voice and silence - the delicate thread that binds all living things when the guardians of the forest begin to fade.

A Quiet Return

This dreamlike landscape speaks of warmth and belonging. It asks not what a perfect home might look like, but where the heart feels at peace.

A soft moon hangs over a garden in bloom. The path leads through flowers toward a small house, where light and stillness meet. A dog pauses on the path, two birds rest in the branches of a tree, and empty chairs wait by the fire pit - everything quietly ready, as if for someone returning home.