Three Wayward

“Three Wayward,” 5″x7″, oil on canvas board, $100

"Three Wayward," 5"x7", oil on canvas board

My third painting, so, yeah, I guess this is apropos. But I had ulterior motives.

Three figures, three shadows draping the sidewalk as the figures silently wait, three strangers sharing an unspoken moment. Three places to go, three ideas of what’s right and wrong; three together, three alone.

I liked the cast shadows. I felt like I was asking these three where they were going. Three strangers whose shadows touched for a moment. While they waited at the light, three shadows became fast friends and savored their chance encounter.

Contrasts. They’re fun literally and figuratively.