Tea for One
52.75 x 62 inches (133.98 x 157.48 cm) (Stretched)
Enamel on canvas.
The first chapter in a trilogy — a visual and emotional journey through transformation.
Two raised, luminous forms stand against a flawless black field, their stark symmetry marking a moment of internal reckoning. The figure—unseen but felt—stands at a crossroads, confronting the mirror of memory and the uncertainty of what lies ahead. This is not a painting of stillness, but of suspended movement: the quiet before emergence.
The high-gloss black background gleams like polished obsidian—both infinite and impenetrable. It reflects the depth of introspection that emerges in isolation, where silence amplifies emotion. The two white forms, embossed and tactile, offer contrast and clarity. They speak of beginnings—delicate, unfinished, yet full of promise.
“A minute seems like a lifetime… when I feel this way.” (Led Zeppelin)
This line drifts across the surface, capturing the elastic quality of time within the suspended state of longing. The past shimmers close, the future calls faintly. In between: the reckoning.
This work is a meditation on the courage it takes to reconnect. The white figures are not merely symbolic; they are thresholds—bridges between the self that once thrived and the self that has retreated. The work does not seek resolution—it honors the liminal, the beautiful uncertainty of becoming.
Through its visual restraint and emotional resonance, Tea for One invites the viewer into their own reflective space. It asks: What does it mean to return—not to who we were, but to who we are now ready to be?
Completed in the blooming spring of 2014 at the artist's studio in Chelsea, New York.