Oil on Canvas

160 x 120 cm

I started this painting as a commemoration to a first date. By the time I finished the painting the relationship had ended and the personal meaning changed a bit. Even when I’m choosing images from my life that are in the fairly distant past, the present is constantly altering my perception of that time. And they will continue to change. For me the oil painting process is an act of stretching time, hold onto a moment and live in it for a long while again. Obsessing over details in the digital photo allows me to pay homage to the split second in time and to my past self.

I speak about this painting and why I paint from photos in an article by Neil Scott. You can read it here. Several other artists are contributors to the article, including 2025 MFA alums William Armstrong and Sarah Palmer).