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The Memory Collection
Oil on linen · 48 × 36 in (122 × 91 cm)
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The Memory Collection
The Chair Nobody Moved
2023 · Oil on panel · 24 × 20 in (61 × 51 cm)
$3,200
Private CollectionAn empty room that is not empty.
- Collection
- The Memory Collection
- Year
- 2023
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Surface
- Gessoed birch panel
- Dimensions
- 24 × 20 in (61 × 51 cm)
- Framing
- Framed in a hand-finished maple floater frame
- Edition
- Original
- Reference
- AG-006
Insured white-glove shipping worldwide. Domestic delivery 2–3 weeks; international 4–6 weeks. Crating included.
The Story Behind the Painting
Why this painting exists
A year after the house was sold, this was the only room I could still draw from memory with my eyes shut. So I painted it before it left me.
Inspiration
Personal memory, the particular light of the American South, and the classical European interiors I studied as a student.
Colour & Symbolism
Blue holds distance and memory. Peach and rose hold the body and the present moment. The deepest maroon is grief, used sparingly and never at the centre.
The Creation Process
Oil on panel, worked in thin layers over several weeks. The composition shifted more than once before the final resolution.
Artist Reflection
When I stand in front of it now I feel the same quiet I felt the morning it was finished — a little exposed, and glad of it.
Message to the Viewer
I hope you recognise something of your own life in it, even if you cannot name what it is.
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