The Wave: 64” X 28” Photography on lined Giclee and acrylic with airbrush and paint flips
Original Photography by Peregrin studios of my body paint piece.
Printed on Giclee Linen and embellished with Acrylic
The Wave (64" x 28" | Giclée Print on Linen Canvas, Hand Embellished)
Photographic Base, Paint Pour, Signature Paint Flips, Airbrush, Oil Layering
The Wave is a visual ceremony — a layered expression of grief, spirit, and ancestral memory. Built on a photographic foundation and printed on linen canvas, this piece carries forward the story through poured paint, flipped textures, fine airbrush details, and sacred oilwork.
Symbolically, The Wave is tied to the Aztec deity Xochitlcalque, protector of children and bodies of water. According to legend, children were once sacrificed to her brother or consort, the rain god Tlaloc. In this painting, a wave full of flowers and the spirits of children crashes into her chest — an act of both reunion and reckoning.
This is a painting about the unbearable loss of children. It’s also about ancestral pain, spiritual interruption, and the longing to transmute grief into prayer.
Rendered in radiant layers, The Wave holds personal and collective mourning. Each texture — from the fluid pour to the shadowed airbrush work — tells part of a story that isn’t easily spoken.
It is part of a trio with FireStarter and The Hesitation — each a dimensional passage through transformation: the hesitation, the loss, and the spark.
This piece does not ask for answers. It stands in the question, and lets the wave speak.
