This 16"x20" Oils, Acrylics on Canvas painting by Stephen Stocklin features a bold grid composition divided into distinct color blocks. The upper portion alternates between pale blue-gray, weathered sage green with cream and charcoal marks, and a dominant deep red-to-pink gradient. A striking bubblegum pink shape sprawls organically across the center, bridging sections like an unexpected bloom. The lower half presents a dramatic charcoal-black horizontal band with white gestural marks breaking through, adjacent to a clean white-gray rectangle. The painting has a collage-like quality with visible brushwork and textured edges.
The painting evokes the compartmentalization of emotional life—how we separate experience into different rooms or registers, only to have certain feelings refuse containment. The pink form that crosses boundaries suggests joy or vulnerability that cannot be confined, insisting on its presence across all our carefully organized divisions, reminding us that what matters most rarely respects the walls we build.
This 16"x20" Oils, Acrylics on Canvas painting by Stephen Stocklin features a bold grid composition divided into distinct color blocks. The upper portion alternates between pale blue-gray, weathered sage green with cream and charcoal marks, and a dominant deep red-to-pink gradient. A striking bubblegum pink shape sprawls organically across the center, bridging sections like an unexpected bloom. The lower half presents a dramatic charcoal-black horizontal band with white gestural marks breaking through, adjacent to a clean white-gray rectangle. The painting has a collage-like quality with visible brushwork and textured edges.
The painting evokes the compartmentalization of emotional life—how we separate experience into different rooms or registers, only to have certain feelings refuse containment. The pink form that crosses boundaries suggests joy or vulnerability that cannot be confined, insisting on its presence across all our carefully organized divisions, reminding us that what matters most rarely respects the walls we build.
