Love
from The Triumph of Romanticism
48" x 24"
acrylic on canvas
2016
Exhibitions
Nicole Longnecker Gallery, Houston, Texas, The Triumph of Romanticism, September 10 - October 15, 2016
 

A white fist rises from a field of grayscale hands. Above it, the word LOVE stands alone—unqualified, unadorned, absolute. The canvas offers no metaphor, no narrative. The gesture is direct. The voltage is unmistakable.


Within the emotional system of The Triumph of Romanticism, LOVE holds equal weight with HOPE, LIFE, FEAR, DEATH, and HATE. Each canvas operates independently, yet together they form a complete field of human intensity. LOVE binds and fractures, elevates and exposes. It moves through myth, ideology, and memory with equal force.


The white is one of six chromatic anchors. The fist repeats across the series, but here the charge is radiant, declarative, and unflinching.


LOVE stands without explanation. It holds its ground.