The Cautious Optimist

"He stood in the fire and chose to believe the light was on the other side."
- Nat Berhe

A lone figure rendered in stark black and white stands center-canvas, holding a guitar or weapon-like staff, facing outward against a volcanic field of crimson and black. Ghostly masses blur and surge behind him, a crowd, an army, a memory, while the orange and red of the background burns with apocalyptic heat. The figure's posture is not defeat but determination: a solitary form holding his ground in a world coming apart around him.

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