"Love Bites" is a sensual, darkly romantic portrait that fuses beauty and pain. A woman gazes out, blood splashed on her neck and shoulder, her face kissed by gold foil and crowned with vivid red flowers. A small nose ring and a glittering floral earpiece add to her fierce elegance. French poetry surrounds her, collaged and painted, including the hand-brushed phrase “La vie est belle.” Finished in glossy epoxy, this 30x24" mixed media canvas captures love at its most dangerous and divine.
