Soul Red

"Say the word loud enough and it becomes the thing itself."
- Nat Berhe

A face peers out from a cascade of dripping orange-red paint at the center of a wide horizontal canvas, sky blue opening across the upper left like a sudden sky, and a dense garden of teal, yellow, green, and orange marks filling the lower register like a crowd or a congregation. In bold black letters in the upper right corner, the word "SOUL" is painted raw and declarative, not a title but a claim. This is a painting that insists on its own existence.

Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 48" x 36"