This 16"x20" Oils, Acrylics on Canvas painting by Stephen Stocklin features a powerful contrast between gestural white forms that dominate the upper two-thirds and a horizontal composition below. Bold, luminous white brushstrokes create cloud-like or wave-like shapes against varying shades of warm and cool grays, with a small peach rectangle providing an unexpected accent in the upper left. Dark charcoal and black marks define edges and create dynamic tensions, while touches of deep navy blue appear along a horizontal band that divides the composition. The lower portion settles into a pale, quiet field of creamy white and soft gray.
The painting evokes the drama of transformation—like storm clouds breaking apart to reveal calm beneath, or the turbulent process of letting go that eventually settles into peace. The white forms suggest both struggle and release, energy expended and finally exhausted, reminding us that beneath our most turbulent moments lies the possibility of stillness, waiting patiently for the storm to pass.
This 16"x20" Oils, Acrylics on Canvas painting by Stephen Stocklin features a powerful contrast between gestural white forms that dominate the upper two-thirds and a horizontal composition below. Bold, luminous white brushstrokes create cloud-like or wave-like shapes against varying shades of warm and cool grays, with a small peach rectangle providing an unexpected accent in the upper left. Dark charcoal and black marks define edges and create dynamic tensions, while touches of deep navy blue appear along a horizontal band that divides the composition. The lower portion settles into a pale, quiet field of creamy white and soft gray.
The painting evokes the drama of transformation—like storm clouds breaking apart to reveal calm beneath, or the turbulent process of letting go that eventually settles into peace. The white forms suggest both struggle and release, energy expended and finally exhausted, reminding us that beneath our most turbulent moments lies the possibility of stillness, waiting patiently for the storm to pass.
