Not everything that pulls you in is meant to let you go. This piece explores the moment where attraction begins to shift—where something once desired reveals itself as something that cannot be separated from consequence. The figure is not simply surrounded, but intertwined. What begins as contact becomes entanglement. There is no clear point of resistance. Only continuation. The serpentine forms do not attack in a singular direction. They weave, overlap, and embed themselves into the structure of the figure, suggesting something more insidious than force—something that integrates, rather than opposes. Seduction, in this context, is not deception. It is alignment with something that was never harmless to begin with. The viewer is left to question where the boundary exists—between desire and damage, between connection and consumption. What appears chosen begins to feel inevitable. This is not a moment of realization. It is the aftermath of it. This piece is a reworked and expanded version of an earlier composition, increasing both scale and detail to intensify the sense of entanglement. The added depth allows the forms to feel less like surrounding elements and more like extensions of the figure itself.
Each mark was burned directly into solid basswood using controlled heat, with additional depth and dramatic contrast achieved through torch shading work. No erasure. No correction. No reversal. Once the surface is altered, it remains altered. The same is true for what we allow in.
This artwork is created entirely by hand from start to finish. The artist redraws the composition freehand for every burn—never traced, never mechanically transferred, never copied. Even when revisiting the same subject, each execution develops its own variations in line work, depth, and texture, ensuring every finished piece is a singular physical work.
Offered in a 12” × 18” format and available with White, Black, or Brown framing, "Cursed Affection Reimagined" invites profound contemplation on the complex interplay of desire, entanglement, and consequence.
Cursed Affection Reimagined
Size 12” × 18”
Wood Type Basswood
Creation Time 25+ hours (estimated, reflecting the artist’s dedicated process)
Process 100% hand-drawn and hand-burned, with torch shading
Framing Options White, Black, or Brown
Artist Hand-burned by Mohawk Wyatt using traditional wood burning and pyrography techniques.
Not everything that pulls you in is meant to let you go. This piece explores the moment where attraction begins to shift—where something once desired reveals itself as something that cannot be separated from consequence. The figure is not simply surrounded, but intertwined. What begins as contact becomes entanglement. There is no clear point of resistance. Only continuation. The serpentine forms do not attack in a singular direction. They weave, overlap, and embed themselves into the structure of the figure, suggesting something more insidious than force—something that integrates, rather than opposes. Seduction, in this context, is not deception. It is alignment with something that was never harmless to begin with. The viewer is left to question where the boundary exists—between desire and damage, between connection and consumption. What appears chosen begins to feel inevitable. This is not a moment of realization. It is the aftermath of it. This piece is a reworked and expanded version of an earlier composition, increasing both scale and detail to intensify the sense of entanglement. The added depth allows the forms to feel less like surrounding elements and more like extensions of the figure itself.
Each mark was burned directly into solid basswood using controlled heat, with additional depth and dramatic contrast achieved through torch shading work. No erasure. No correction. No reversal. Once the surface is altered, it remains altered. The same is true for what we allow in.
This artwork is created entirely by hand from start to finish. The artist redraws the composition freehand for every burn—never traced, never mechanically transferred, never copied. Even when revisiting the same subject, each execution develops its own variations in line work, depth, and texture, ensuring every finished piece is a singular physical work.
Offered in a 12” × 18” format and available with White, Black, or Brown framing, "Cursed Affection Reimagined" invites profound contemplation on the complex interplay of desire, entanglement, and consequence.
Cursed Affection Reimagined
Size 12” × 18”
Wood Type Basswood
Creation Time 25+ hours (estimated, reflecting the artist’s dedicated process)
Process 100% hand-drawn and hand-burned, with torch shading
Framing Options White, Black, or Brown
Artist Hand-burned by Mohawk Wyatt using traditional wood burning and pyrography techniques.
