MYSTERY OF LOVE

Beeswax, damar resin, dry pigment and shellac on cradled wood panel.

36x36x1"

This painting was named after a song by Sufjan Stevens, he wrote it for the film called "Call Me by Your Name". This song speaks of loving deeply and the profound grief that follows when that love is lost. It holds both tenderness and sorrow, awe and ache.
The line and colours in this piece reflect that full emotional spectrum: the joy, amazement, and elation that love strikes straight into the heart, and the quiet devastation when that love fades or slips away. The surface is filled with delicate, intricate details-small miracles that mirror the moments we so often overlook in love, but which deserve to be celebrated. Like Sufjan's lyrics suggest, the answer isn't to guard ourselves from love to avoid the pain. Instead we're invited to marvel it's beauty, embrace its impermanence, and welcome the mystery it brings into our lives.