I ended up adding all the white details last weekend to this commission for a private collector and loving the outcome. Inspiration behind this painting (for those interested): Exposure without collapse. I wanted her to feel pared down, almost flayed of narrative, with the rupture less dramatic yet inevitable. Her skin isn’t exploding, it’s holding the aftershock. The ink bleeds represent an exegesis of what the body has endured. I wanted to capture a sense of suspension—like the exact moment wh