With Well That’s Concerning, a 9×12 inch oil on paper painting, I wanted to explore the uneasy tension of unexpected disruptions and psychological ambiguity. Through this painting, I sought to capture a sense of dry humor mixed with quiet alarm, utilizing sweeping brushwork, layered color planes, and jarring chromatic contrasts.
Created as an original oil on paper painting measuring 9×12 inches, the piece features a rich, dominant wall of deep magenta on the left, opening into a moody interior field of purples and lavenders offset by thick, luminous impasto swaths of mint green and shadowy black anchors. I applied heavy palette knife strokes, directional dragging, and scraped textures across the paper to give the oil medium a tactile, unsettled depth that speaks to sudden realizations and surreal surprises.
