Wes Lang's *The Ritual* (2015) is a richly layered mixed-media work combining acrylic, oilstick, colored pencil, and paper collage on canvas, reflecting the artist's signature fusion of counterculture iconography, mysticism, and raw expressive mark-making. The composition channels Lang's deep engagement with American mythology, mortality, and the sacred, weaving together imagery that feels simultaneously ancient and subversive. The varied materials lend the work a tactile, ritualistic quality, as if the painting itself is an artifact born from a deeply personal ceremony.