Compassion

Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 6ft x 4ft
Creation Date: 2021
Collection: Geometric Splendor

Compassion (2021) is a study in softness through structure. Part of the Geometric Splendor Collection, this 72 x 48 inch acrylic painting explores how form can hold feeling — how logic and love might coexist on a single plane.

Composed of interlocking shapes in gentle earth tones and chalky whites, the piece builds a quiet architecture of care. Rounded edges soften sharp intersections. No color screams; instead, hues lean toward each other. The painting feels like a conversation — not about agreement, but mutual presence.

This piece speaks in the same emotional vernacular as Sean Scully, whose geometric abstractions evoke everything from conflict to tenderness. But where Scully often invokes rupture, Compassion seeks repair. It’s an offering — a visual breath held between tension and resolution.

The geometry here isn’t rigid. It’s relational. Shapes press gently into one another, negotiating space like people learning to share grief or joy. The painting doesn’t resolve into a single idea; it remains open, much like the act of compassion itself.

Created during a time of cultural and personal uncertainty, Compassion doesn’t try to fix or explain. It simply shows up. With its deliberate pace and deliberate spacing, the painting invites the viewer to rest. To hold complexity without judgment. To feel, quietly.

As part of the Geometric Splendor Collection, Compassion adds a tender counterpoint to bolder, more assertive works. It reminds us that abstraction can hold feeling — not in spite of its formality, but because of it.