Magenta War

"The warrior who still has breath is still dangerous. Don't mistake stillness for surrender."
- Nat Berhe

Against a field of saturated magenta, a samurai in layered teal armor holds a katana upright, a golden crown-shaped helmet above a face obscured by roiling white smoke and deep red paint. The armor is richly textured, reds, purples, teals, a body built for battle and built to withstand it. Berhe collapses centuries of warrior mythology into a single confrontational image, brash with color and charged with unspent force.

Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 36" x 48"