This one feels like memory stored in the body.

Not neat little thoughts tied up with meaning, but the kind that lives in your muscles, your jaw, your chest. The kind your body remembers before your mind does.

The marks started feeling anatomical while I was painting it, connective tissue, impact, tension, collision. Parts of it feel bruised and inflamed. Other parts feel soft and exposed. Like the body trying to protect itself while also telling the truth.

I didn’t want this piece overly resolved. I wanted it to feel physical. Emotional. A little uncomfortable. Like something surfacing instead of performing.

No. 6 of the Studio Study Series, this work leans into instinct, interruption, and the residue life leaves behind inside us.