Purge.
Soft Pastel and charcoal on Paper
5 ft × 5 ft
The Flood, After
The Flood, After
Created in the immediate aftermath of separation, this is one of the artist’s most violent expressions of grief. The face is rendered almost as stone—solid, enduring, seemingly built to withstand force—yet emotion overruns it. Cracks divide the surface as streams of ultramarine force their way through, making grief physical and uncontrollable.The figure remains still, eyes closed, while everything within it ruptures. The sparse background and exposed space intensify its isolation, allowing the force of the blue to dominate the composition. Despite the damage, the form remains recognizable and structurally present. The work captures the point at which emotion exceeds containment—even stone cannot hold what is moving through it.
Created in the immediate aftermath of separation, this is one of the artist’s most violent expressions of grief. The face is rendered almost as stone—solid, enduring, seemingly built to withstand force—yet emotion overruns it. Cracks divide the surface as streams of ultramarine force their way through, making grief physical and uncontrollable.The figure remains still, eyes closed, while everything within it ruptures. The sparse background and exposed space intensify its isolation, allowing the force of the blue to dominate the composition. Despite the damage, the form remains recognizable and structurally present. The work captures the point at which emotion exceeds containment—even stone cannot hold what is moving through it.
The piece was created on a collage of waste paper assembled at home after the artist had run out of drawing paper and canvas. The urge to create was too immediate to wait for the proper materials. That circumstance became inseparable from the work itself: an improvised surface made under emotional pressure, carrying an image about that very inability to contain it. It is precisely this immediacy that makes The Flood, After one of the artist’s most treasured works.
The piece was created on a collage of waste paper assembled at home after the artist had run out of drawing paper and canvas. The urge to create was too immediate to wait for the proper materials. That circumstance became inseparable from the work itself: an improvised surface made under emotional pressure, carrying an image about that very inability to contain it. It is precisely this immediacy that makes The Flood, After one of the artist’s most treasured works.
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