Full Speed Ahead

An original mixed media art piece from Josie Reyes’ Confidential series (2025), exploring storytelling, connection, identity, mystery, and the concept of a lifeline. The artwork features a striking fashion and gossip magazine collage surrounding acrylic-painted hands that stretch and pull at vibrant red thread. The words “FULL SPEED AHEAD” add a sense of movement, urgency, and forward momentum.

The red lines of thread carry multiple meanings within the work. They represent a lifeline and the connections between people, memories, and stories, while also referencing the visual language of a detective investigation—the red strings used to connect clues, uncover relationships, and piece together or solve a case. Together, these elements explore how stories are constructed, investigated, and interpreted, and how the seemingly disconnected details of a life can eventually form a larger picture.

Combining contemporary collage and acrylic painting, this original artwork is a unique statement piece for collectors of contemporary mixed media art, collage art, conceptual art. 

Details

• Created in 2025
• Acrylic and Mixed Media Collage
• Stretched Canvas
• Dimensions: 20 × 20 × 1.5 in
• D-ring and wire attached; ready to hang
• Hand signed on the back of the canvas
• One-of-a-kind original artwork