02/15/2022
Title: Intimate Complex
2021-2022
(V-day post)
I'm NOT AT ALL a big fan of Valentine's day, but today I thought would be the perfect day to give this print to my wife.
It's an abstract, expressionist style painting of the idea of love, specifically about the depths of building a relationship with someone. Wifey inspired this one.
The flowing colors represent the different emotions and feelings she and I have. We don't feel the same thing all the time, but we have points where we align flawlessly. We grow to understand one another better over time, through expressing passions, hopes, fears, frustration, pain, joy, and holding each other up through it all.
This isn't a portrait of us, but an expression of what love is. It's odd, difficult, sometimes unclear, other times beautiful with surreal peace and joy, and sometimes simply honest and patient when there are negative emotions in the mix too.
Love endures all things... The two in the painting find their strength in never letting go, and so do we.