Breaking Through (2025) Contemporary capturing that brief

capturing that brief

The painting holds the overwhelming experience of being surrounded

and umber describe late-season foliage

The warmth of the background and the cool precision of the bones heighten the tension between life and death

Breaking Through (2025) Contemporary capturing that briefOil on canvas 30 x 40 in A single arm breaches the picture plane to touch the reclining figure, collapsing the space between viewer and subject. The gesture hovers between tenderness and control, raising the question of whether the body is being held, guided, or claimed. The work confronts the uneasy boundary between observer and observed the moment when looking becomes contact. Provenance Artists Studio