Cello Among Painted Signs

A densely layered abstract composition centers on a tall, warm-toned cello surrounded by fragmented vessels, fruit, musical forms, and geometric emblems. Broad outlined shapes share the surface with rough impasto, scraped passages, handwritten marks, and shifting blocks of deep blue, turquoise, ochre, coral, and cream. The crowded vertical arrangement evokes a symbolic still life, while the instrument’s sweeping contours provide a lyrical counterpoint to the more architectural panels at right.