Oil on Canvas, (2026)
36×48in

Voyager is a contemporary Cubist oil painting inspired by the Voyager 1 spacecraft, deep space exploration, and humanity’s search for meaning beyond Earth. Through fragmented forms, layered color, and atmospheric spatial imagery, Farron Khan explores isolation, curiosity, and the emotional weight of venturing into the unknown. Drawing from both scientific imagery and existential reflection, the work examines the tension between technological advancement and human vulnerability, presenting space not only as a physical frontier but also as a psychological and symbolic one. The fractured composition mirrors the uncertainty of exploration itself, inviting viewers to reflect on distance, discovery, and humanity’s enduring desire to reach beyond its limits.

Oil on canvas

30 × 30 inches

2026

Worry Dolls is a contemporary Cubist oil painting by Farron Khan that explores themes of anxiety, emotional burden, and sleeplessness through fragmented figurative forms and vivid geometric color. Inspired by the Guatemalan tradition of worry dolls—small handmade figures placed beneath a pillow to “carry” a person’s fears through the night—the painting transforms this cultural practice into a layered psychological landscape filled with tension, repetition, and quiet vulnerability.

Rendered in oil on canvas, the 30 x 30 inch composition combines Cubist abstraction with symbolic storytelling, presenting clustered figures whose lowered gazes and compressed arrangement evoke emotional exhaustion, collective stress, and the weight of persistent thought. Sharp angular planes and fractured spatial relationships mirror the mental fragmentation often associated with insomnia and chronic anxiety, while the interplay of saturated reds, blues, yellows, and deep shadows creates a visual contrast between comfort and unease.

Drawing from Cubism, expressionist painting, and symbolic figurative traditions, Worry Dolls reflects on the universal desire to externalize fear and seek rest from internal anxieties. The painting functions both as a contemporary reinterpretation of Guatemalan folk tradition and as a meditation on mental overload, emotional resilience, and the search for psychological relief in an increasingly overstimulated world.

Oil on wood panel,
16 × 24 inches,
2025

Girl With a Cubist Earring is a contemporary Cubist reinterpretation of Johannes Vermeer’s iconic Girl with a Pearl Earring, combining geometric abstraction with classical portraiture. Through fragmented planes, layered color relationships, and shifting perspectives, Farron Khan reimagines the familiar subject while exploring the tension between historical representation and contemporary visual language. The painting preserves the quiet psychological presence of the original work while introducing distortion and structural fragmentation that reflect modern experiences of perception, identity, and memory. By merging art historical reference with contemporary Cubist techniques, the work creates a dialogue between tradition and reinvention.

Oil on canvas,
24.5 × 12 inches,
2023

Totemic Immigration is a contemporary Cubist oil painting exploring migration, identity, and cultural transformation through stacked symbolic forms and fragmented figurative imagery. Influenced by themes of displacement, adaptation, and collective memory, Farron Khan uses layered geometry and shifting perspectives to reflect the emotional complexity of movement across borders, histories, and generations. The totemic structure suggests both resilience and burden, emphasizing how personal and cultural identities are continuously shaped through migration and shared experience. Through abstraction and symbolism, the work examines belonging, survival, and the evolving nature of human connection.

Oil on canvas
16 × 20 inches
2025

Eco Pill is a contemporary surrealist oil painting examining environmental collapse, consumer culture, and humanity’s attempt to contain ecological crisis through technological and pharmaceutical symbolism. Featuring marine life enclosed within a transparent capsule, Farron Khan explores the tension between preservation and artificial control, questioning whether environmental destruction can truly be solved through manufactured solutions alone. The fragmented composition and luminous color palette create a sense of suspended fragility, while the encapsulated ecosystem becomes a symbol of both protection and confinement. Through surreal imagery and contemporary symbolism, the painting reflects growing anxieties surrounding pollution, climate change, and the commodification of nature.

Oil on Canvas, (2026)
30 ×30 inches

Passages is a contemporary Cubist oil painting exploring movement, transition, and psychological navigation through fragmented architectural forms and shifting spatial environments. Inspired by experiences of travel, uncertainty, and unfamiliar spaces, Farron Khan uses layered perspectives and fractured geometry to reflect the emotional complexity of moving between places, memories, and states of mind. The composition blurs distinctions between physical structure and internal experience, creating an environment that feels simultaneously constructed and unstable. Through its fragmented visual language, the work examines themes of direction, disorientation, and the search for meaning within transitional moments.