Honeymoon Suite 2007

Bo Bartlett created this intimate scene with oils on canvas. I can just imagine him, brush in hand, wrestling with the light in that attic room. The palette is hushed, almost a whisper – greys and whites, a touch of blue peeking through the window. The paint isn't slathered on, but laid down thoughtfully, creating a surface that feels both present and distant, like a memory. Look at the way the light catches her face, the subtle shift in tone that brings her to life. I wonder what he was thinking as he painted her gaze, so direct and yet so full of unspoken stories. It reminds me of Fairfield Porter’s interiors, that same quiet intensity, finding the extraordinary in the ordinary. Artists, we’re all just eavesdropping on each other across time, borrowing and building, trying to make sense of this messy, beautiful world, one brushstroke at a time.