The Lesson

"What they teach you and what you carry, those are never the same thing."
- Nat Berhe

Two child-like silhouette figures face each other across a strip of burning golden light against a bruised purple sky, one cloaked in red and the other luminous in yellow. Between them, an ambiguous red object is held aloft, an offering, a warning, or a weapon. The painting hovers between tenderness and menace, its smeared gestural ground suggesting that the lessons passed between generations are stained with everything that came before.

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