WillSchmahl_CryingTears_48x36x.5, ResinInks, 2021

Long, pale rivulets descend from a dark blue edge into misty layers of silver, gray, and sea green. Their measured fall meets a softer, broken shimmer on the right, turning the surface into a conversation between release and restraint. CryingTears gives sorrow a quiet physical rhythm—something that moves through us, leaving light behind.