Sublimation (Yellow Star)
from The Triumph of Romanticism
12" x 12"
acrylic on canvas
2016
This work was painted over and recreated into Carnival Flare from Cannibal Fare in 2023.
Exhibitions
Houston, Texas, Visitation, January 14, 2017
Houston, Texas, November Open Studio, November 10, 2018
 

Sublimation (Yellow Star) features the logo of CNN, framed within a yellow square and overlaid on a star. The composition is bold, saturated, and instantly recognizable. CNN is not just a news network—it is a tempo. A rhythm of alerts, updates, and unfolding crises. Its authority lies in its immediacy.


Within the logic of Sublimation, this canvas reveals how information becomes momentum. The logo is a mechanism for transforming global volatility into digestible urgency. It does not slow down—it accelerates. The yellow star marks the chromatic zone, anchoring the work within the series’ visual structure.


This is not a critique of CNN. It is a portrait of its function. A system that refines chaos into narrative, and narrative into presence.