Liakesha Cooper in ‘High Noon’ 2013

Felice House created "Liakesha Cooper in ‘High Noon’" with loose brushstrokes in shades of red, grey, and brown. I wonder what she was thinking about as she was painting, what was going through her head? The paint is applied in layers that feels both hesitant and considered. The painting feels like a conversation between the artist and her subject. It emerges through a process of trial and error, shifting and emerging through intuition. That smudge of grey in the background is like a whispered secret, an invitation to look closer, to feel something. It makes me think of other painters who played with figuration and landscape. It reminds me how artists are in conversation across time, passing the paint brush, inspiring creativity. It is a painting that embraces uncertainty, inviting you to bring your own story to it.