Poseidon

The sea-god crowned and landlocked, set against a wall of raw cadmium yellow — no ocean, just the heat of it. The head turns away in three-quarter profile, the beard built from crimson and grey in a few loaded strokes, the crown catching the only cool light in the picture. A small painting that behaves like a big one: flat, graphic, unafraid of the color.

• Oil on canvas · 5 × 5 in (12.7 × 12.7 cm) · 2024
• Original · 1 of 1 · now in a private collection