| Sixth in the Genomic Works series, this canvas carries the name
Samuel Clemens—a figure known for wit, critique, and layered identity. But the portrait band doesn’t depict Twain, nor an imagined ancestor. Instead, it features a strip of photo booth images, with the artist himself in the foreground. The gesture is both personal and conceptual: a folding of lineage, a moment where the creator becomes the subject of inheritance.
The Tarot card, drawn at random, introduces the element of fate—reminding us that genetics is not a straight line, but a shuffle. The surrounding bands are filled with architectural motifs, abstract textures, and chromatic rhythms—representing the spectrum of human experience. The shimmering genomic bands remain, unreadable and beautiful, anchoring the canvas in the logic of the series.
Samuel Clemens is not a portrait of a writer, but a meditation on authorship itself—on how identity is constructed, inherited, and occasionally, self-inserted.
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