Cortez Burns His Ships

$600.00

Some decisions are irreversible. The fire is already lit, the retreat already impossible. This painting doesn't depict the historical event so much as inhabit the feeling of it — the moment when something is deliberately, permanently ended.

Built primarily with a palette knife and finished with brush in select areas, the surface carries the physical weight of that finality. Layers of crimson, deep red, and earth tones rise from a dark ground, the texture catching light the way embers do.

Details

  • Medium: Oil on canvas panel

  • Dimensions: 24” x 18”

  • Year: 2025

  • Condition: New, unframed

  • Certificate of Authenticity: Included, signed by the artist

  • Registration: CMB-ART-0001

Some decisions are irreversible. The fire is already lit, the retreat already impossible. This painting doesn't depict the historical event so much as inhabit the feeling of it — the moment when something is deliberately, permanently ended.

Built primarily with a palette knife and finished with brush in select areas, the surface carries the physical weight of that finality. Layers of crimson, deep red, and earth tones rise from a dark ground, the texture catching light the way embers do.

Details

  • Medium: Oil on canvas panel

  • Dimensions: 24” x 18”

  • Year: 2025

  • Condition: New, unframed

  • Certificate of Authenticity: Included, signed by the artist

  • Registration: CMB-ART-0001