Día de los Muertos Oil and collage, 10 × 10 inches Richly textured oil paint and collaged fragments surround a steady gaze, bringing flowers, skull imagery, and vivid turquoise and orange into a celebration of life and remembrance. The borrowed words suggest the contradictions we carry: “beautifully lazy” embraces stillness, while “locked and fully loaded” evokes resolve and readiness. An “A,” recalling The Scarlet Letter, introduces questions of judgment, identity, and the labels imposed upon us. In the spirit of Día de los Muertos, the painting invites us to remember the departed in all their beauty, defiance, vulnerability, and unfinished stories. This artwork comes with the framed physical, shipping included.