Stuck In The Middle 

Here we see Dan Graziano's painting of a rowboat on water, an evocation of stillness rendered with oil on canvas. The boat, tethered between two buoys, calls to mind the ship of life, a vessel navigating the waters of existence. Consider, if you will, the barque of St. Peter, the soul conveyed across the river Styx, or the countless vessels in votive offerings beseeching safe passage. Here, the symbolism is more subtle but no less potent. Water has long been a symbol of the subconscious, the place from which life emerges and to which it returns. That feeling of being adrift, neither quite here nor there, speaks to a universal human experience. The vessel is secure, yet there is also a yearning for open waters. How like our own selves, suspended between past and future, memory and desire. This painting holds a mirror to our souls, reflecting the timeless dance between security and the lure of the unknown.