Smashing Pumpkins

20” x 30”
Oil on Canvas
SOLD

In Smashing Pumpkins, the scene feels like a moment frozen in time, capturing the richness and vitality of harvest. The pumpkins, with their textured skins and deep, warm hues, sit as symbols of autumn’s abundance. One is sliced open, revealing its inner world of seeds and flesh, spilling out with quiet intensity, as if nature herself is offering a glimpse into the cycle of creation and transformation.

The title, a playful nod to the alternative rock band from Chicago, contrasts with the calm stillness of the composition. These pumpkins aren't being smashed but rather presented in a state of natural beauty—whole, fractured, and spilling over with life. The broken pieces invite a closer look, reminding us that in breaking open, new stories emerge, and within every crack lies the potential for growth. Smashing Pumpkins blends impermanence with introspection, reflecting on the cycles of nature, abundance, and the quiet beauty found in the act of opening up and revealing one’s hidden depths.


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