Series: Creative Explorations, Abstract
Medium: Mixed Media
Dimensions: 59 ½ x 59 ½ inches (L x W)
Material: 1 ½ inch Depth Gallery Wrapped Canvas

"Dogma." is a monumental mixed media work by TonyISM from the artist's Creative Explorations and Abstract Series, inviting viewers to examine the complex intersections of belief, identity, ideology, and the human search for truth. Created on an impressive 59½ x 59½ inch gallery-wrapped canvas, this immersive composition layers abstract imagery, handwritten text, expressive symbols, and geometric forms into a visual narrative that encourages prolonged exploration and personal interpretation.

Rendered in a vibrant palette of layered blues, oranges, yellows, reds, white, and black, the painting is filled with stylized faces, symbolic eyes, fragmented architecture, circles, grids, expressive line work, and handwritten observations that seem to document the evolution of thought itself. Every section reveals another visual clue, inviting viewers to slow down and uncover new meanings with each encounter.

Interwoven throughout the composition are provocative words and phrases including "doom," "defy," "what we want," "control," "crocodile tears," "single minded," "redundant," and the ironic statement, "try and sell nothing for something... you get rich!" These scattered fragments create a dialogue between image and language, encouraging reflection on conformity, consumerism, social influence, and the narratives that shape our beliefs.

Further enriching the work is an original poem by the artist that serves as a conceptual companion to the painting:

Dogma
revelation integration terminations
many people many problems many nations
old religion new religion out of date religions
many ideas many differences many indecisions
Dogma i,...i am god?

The poem echoes the painting's layered visual language, exploring the tension between faith and doubt, unity and division, certainty and questioning. Rather than offering definitive answers, "Dogma." challenges viewers to consider how beliefs are formed, inherited, and transformed over time, making the artwork as intellectually engaging as it is visually compelling.

Finished with a bright red painted edge, this original mixed media artwork arrives ready to hang on a 1½-inch deep gallery-wrapped stretched canvas, requiring no additional framing. Included in the website's Large Size Collection, "Dogma." is designed to become a commanding focal point and conversation piece, making a bold statement in a collector's home, gallery, executive office, or contemporary interior.