The Mark of Existence

Acrylic on canvas, 30 × 40 in

Raw, unsmoothed texture covers this canvas on purpose. Every ridge of dried paint is left exactly where it landed — proof of a physical act, not a polished illustration of one. This piece is about imperfection as evidence of being alive.

I didn't want this one to look effortless. I wanted it to look like it cost something to make, because it did — and because that's true of most things worth having.

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