This painting is an homage to Moonstruck—the opera scene, the full moon, La Bohème. That moment stayed with me long after the film ended.
She is inspired by Cher’s character, Loretta, imagined years later. The same openness is still there. Nothing guarded. Shoes off. Grounded.
I built her through intersecting planes because I needed something steady around that intensity. Structure allows the feeling to remain present without overwhelming the image.
The light above her reads like a quiet moon. It doesn’t announce itself. It simply exists.
A moment where feeling and form sit together.
In the studio, she hangs across from Ronnie, another painting built from the same language of planes. Together, they hold different expressions of devotion, memory, and presence.
A brief reflection on how this painting came to be can be found here.
