Frangible Red

A man kneels in front of a red brick house, holding up one stem with three dried, withered flowerheads past their bloom. He wears glasses and a dark t-shirt, brow furrowed as he looks closely at the stems.

A close-up of two green stems topped with dried, curling seed pods. The papery husks are tan and cream colored, splitting open to reveal dark brown, shriveled centers. Blurred green grasses and foliage fill the background.

A man wearing glasses sits indoors, holding a small wood panel up at an angle in one hand while painting on it with a fine brush in the other. Paint tubes and a bottle of acrylic medium sit on the table in front of him, along with an unfinished frame.

A sketchbook page coated in a rough, mottled gray underpainting sits beside a palette knife and mixed black and white paint on a palette. Two paint tubes, labeled Titanium White and Bone Black, stand next to the page.

A sketchbook page shows a painted study of a curling, seed-pod-like form rendered entirely in black, white, and silvery gray tones against a mottled gray background. Two paintbrushes rest below the page, with a wrinkled paper towel and a second sketchbook page holding wet black paint nearby.

A man leans over a wood panel coated in gray underpainting, refining a small patch of red and black paint with a fine brush. A palette with mixed gray paint and a crumpled paper towel with red marks sit nearby.

On a gray textured panel, a large black rounded shape holds a soft red glow near its top. Below it, thin curling petal shapes are sketched in pencil, not yet painted, against the gray background.

On a gray textured panel, a dark flower form is taking shape. A black rounded pod with a soft red glow at its center sits atop dark, curling petals and a bent stem, all rendered against the mottled gray background.

A gray-framed wood panel holds a painted dark flower shape with a red glowing center and a bent stem. Above it, a separate textured silver-gray piece, coated in acrylic and shaped like torn wire mesh, floats above the panel surface, held by four small standoff screws.