The Fragile Trust

"The Fragile Trust," depicts three figures against a background that consists of acidic green, yellow, and orange. The figures sit or kneel together. Two women flank the center of the painting in profile and face inward at one another while a third emerges from behind the figure on the left. Each figure appears dressed or wrapped tightly in unusual outfits that are characterized by busy patterns, stitching, protrusions, and what may be fetish gear. Their heads and limbs are greatly distorted through drawing to the point of violent transformation. Monstrous and grotesque as they are, the group seems to engage in some form of sexual ritual. The third figure, whose gender is ambiguous, gropes one of the women with scarlet claws. It also bears a head that opens to release a phallus that touches the head of the other woman.