The Music We Shared

In The Music We Shared, I explore the emotional geometry of a communal moment—how color, gesture, and space can transmit connection more directly than detail. This work is rooted in a memory: an afternoon of live music, open air, and human closeness. Rather than pursue realism, I use abstraction to distill feeling—letting color carry weight, and letting figures merge with their environment.

The overlapping planes of red, purple, and green reflect the warmth of the scene and the subtle harmonies between people, nature, and music. I’m especially drawn to the quiet power of witness—how two people, side by side, become a conduit for memory and meaning. This painting is part of an ongoing exploration of sensory nostalgia, where I seek to paint not what I saw, but what stayed with me.