The Dancing Skull to the Market

Oil on canvas / SM (22.7 × 15.8 cm / 8.9 × 6.2 in)
Price: USD $500

Dancing Skull to the Market reflects the way we are driven by the movements of the stock market.
When stock prices rise, we become excited and euphoric. When they fall, we are shaken by fear and anxiety. In this work, the skull dances not out of freedom, but because it is being pulled and controlled by the rhythm of the market.

The painting suggests that modern people are constantly reacting to prices, numbers, and economic expectations. We believe we are making our own decisions, yet often we are simply dancing to the fluctuations of the market.

Rendered with thick, expressive layers of pink, blue, gold, white, and red, the skull becomes a symbol of human vulnerability inside systems of money, desire, and speculation.
It is both humorous and unsettling—a portrait of ourselves as we are carried away by rising prices and market emotion.

Original artwork — one of a kind
SM: 22.7 × 15.8 cm (8.9 × 6.2 in)
Price: $500 USD