Charcoal on paper
18”x24”
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Pleasure’s Pull captures the taut tension between pain and pleasure: roses—beautiful, romantic, and inconveniently armed with thorns—pull the halo down from the figure’s head. As the halo slips from grace, the downward gaze and shadowed expression suggest temptation, the loss of innocence, or perhaps simply the exhausting reality of trying to appear holy while life keeps yanking you sideways.
Charcoal on paper
18”x24”
—
Pleasure’s Pull captures the taut tension between pain and pleasure: roses—beautiful, romantic, and inconveniently armed with thorns—pull the halo down from the figure’s head. As the halo slips from grace, the downward gaze and shadowed expression suggest temptation, the loss of innocence, or perhaps simply the exhausting reality of trying to appear holy while life keeps yanking you sideways.
