In Funeral for the Sun, I wanted to capture the uneasy moment when light begins to surrender to darkness—not as a peaceful sunset, but as something more ominous. The intense crimson passages suggest heat, conflict, and memory, while the flashes of brilliant yellow feel like the final remnants of a fading star struggling to break through the shadows. Deep blacks and muted greens move across the surface like smoke, ash, and the scars left behind after an unseen catastrophe.
Rather than depicting a specific place or event, I approached this painting as an emotional landscape. I built the composition through layers of oil paint, allowing each mark to partially conceal what came before it. That process of covering, revealing, and rediscovering became a metaphor for resilience, loss, and the persistence of hope, even when it appears to be disappearing.
I titled the work Funeral for the Sun because it speaks to endings that are both inevitable and transformative. Every conclusion carries the possibility of renewal, even if, in the moment, it feels like standing in the glow of the last remaining light. I hope viewers find their own story within the painting—whether they see destruction, rebirth, or simply the quiet beauty that exists in the space between the two.
