The iCloud Series:
American Gothic 25 -
Oil on Canvas
36" x 36"
The cloud that sits behind the couple like a soft halo is not comforting—it’s vague, oversized, and impersonal. Read literally, it evokes the cloud as in iCloud computing: an invisible system that stores memories, data, identities. Placed behind two faceless figures, it suggests that who they are exists somewhere else—offloaded, abstracted, owned by a system rather than embodied in them.
It’s digital memory replacing personal memory. A power that’s invisible but ever-present with a false halo of modern importance. A backdrop of control that makes individuality blur and disappear; calm on the surface, but conceptually heavy—like something you’re meant to stop noticing even though it shapes everything.
The painting is meant to be quiet, cool, and a little unsettling—in an intentional way.
American Gothic 26 -
Oil on Canvas
36" x 36"
Digital or modern abstraction with oil paint. The emotional fog or ambiguity.
Placed behind two faceless figures, the iCloud suggests that who they are exists somewhere else—offloaded, abstracted, owned by a system rather than embodied in them.
A Shared consciousness or tension. Because the cloud envelops both figures, it can suggest a common situation, relationship, or unspoken issue that connects them, even though they seem emotionally disconnected.
The clouds resemblance to thought bubbles contrasts with the lack of expression in the man’s silhouette and the woman’s inward focus on her phone—implying thoughts that are present but uncommunicated.
Paired with the smartphone, the cloud can subtly echo ideas of “the cloud” as data, information, or invisible networks shaping modern life and functions like a psychological backdrop, externalizing something internal—thoughts, distance, or shared but unresolved meaning between people, reinforcing a mood of uncertainty, detachment, or emotional distance.
