Alone

Alone on Feb 10 1997, in acrylic, 18" x 24".

The imagery in this painting has always danced in my head. I tried capturing it on canvas one day. After stepping back from it and taking a look from a distance, it seem to dwell on the fine line that separates solitude and loneliness. In the painting, the ugly rug seems to taunt the subject as he attempts to nonchalantly ignore the loneliness he is feeling. The outside world buzzes on...