In Boys on a Rock, I explore the quiet intimacy of sharing a place with another person. Two figures sit together above the sea, their bodies touching while their attention moves in different directions. I am interested in that ease—the closeness that allows each person room for his own thoughts.
Warm skin, cool water, and loose strokes of grass connect the figures to the coastal landscape. Watercolor’s transparency helps me convey the fleeting quality of summer light and the vulnerability of being seen. Their nakedness expresses a sense of comfort and belonging within the natural world.
This painting is part of my exploration of queer tenderness in everyday moments. I want to give space to affection that unfolds through posture, proximity, and shared silence: the simple pleasure of being beside someone, with nowhere else to be.
In Boys on a Rock, I explore the quiet intimacy of sharing a place with another person. Two figures sit together above the sea, their bodies touching while their attention moves in different directions. I am interested in that ease—the closeness that allows each person room for his own thoughts.
Warm skin, cool water, and loose strokes of grass connect the figures to the coastal landscape. Watercolor’s transparency helps me convey the fleeting quality of summer light and the vulnerability of being seen. Their nakedness expresses a sense of comfort and belonging within the natural world.
This painting is part of my exploration of queer tenderness in everyday moments. I want to give space to affection that unfolds through posture, proximity, and shared silence: the simple pleasure of being beside someone, with nowhere else to be.