Without a Rose

Without a Rose reflects the emotional quiet that follows absence, where movement continues but connection feels just out of reach. A layered composition of gesture and rhythm centers on the act of playing music as both expression and longing, with extended limbs and flowing directional lines suggesting effort stretched across emotional distance.

Bright structural color contrasts with the raw wood surface, allowing warmth and vulnerability to coexist. Roses appear as symbols of tenderness and memory, while the spinning record becomes a visual metaphor for repetition—time moving forward while the heart remains suspended in reflection.

2022

Oil paint on wood

48 × 40 inches

Original artwork available

There is no music in the air. The record spins but you are not there.

My hands cant move faster for expression.

Replacing the sound would never be as sweet.

Longing for that….

No amount of time would ever make me complete.