Conversation
(Oil on Ampersand, 24×32, 2023)
Conversation portrays the quiet moments people share when facing life’s biggest questions. The landscape in the painting is intentionally dreamlike and atmospheric, not meant to represent a specific place but rather a state of reflection. The sky dominates the composition, filled with shifting tones of blue, violet, and pale yellow that dissolve into one another. I wanted the environment to feel expansive, almost endless, as if the figures were standing within something far larger than themselves.
Conversation (Oil on Ampersand, 24×32, 2023)
The two figures in the painting are small and understated. I placed them close together because the work is about connection—about the conversations we have when confronting the deeper realities of life. They may be speaking, or they may simply be sharing the silence. Sometimes the most meaningful exchanges happen without many words.
For me, the painting reflects the idea of two people meeting what I think of as the eternal darkness of life’s final judgement. It is not meant to feel frightening or heavy, but contemplative. The figures stand together in the presence of something infinite, something that every human being must eventually face.
Despite the weight of that idea, the painting is also about companionship. The figures are not isolated in the vastness of the sky; they stand beside one another. In that sense, the conversation becomes a quiet reminder that even when facing the unknown, we often do so together.