Leaving 2026

Over the last two years, many of my images have involved splitting the figures in the frame. I am now asking the paint to play as vital a role in defining the finished image as the photo, or the parts of the collage that aren’t paint, like the eyes here, or the black cloud.  The painted part of the piece is telling a part of the story that is unfolding.  In this case, the story is about two people who are splitting up—a couple, friends, family, whenever two people who have been closely bonded break up—and the paint moves our eyes across the split, as well as the black paint flowing down the woman’s face, representing tears.  I see the figure on the left being female, and the figure on the right being male, and both are terribly sad.