Again | Towards the Sun. Painting

It is a portrait of an actor who emits constant radiance and positive perpetual energy to the audiences around them. The actor feels the weight of his role, as the burden repeats again and again. Again is a word they are all too familiar with from the rehearsal stages. It is a dark and commanding word that penetrates the bone in a visceral experience. Though burning out would seem to be the obvious future, the nuanced brilliance of the actor is overpowering to the audiences as a radiant glow just as the portrait, when bathed in sunlight, transforms into a vivid blue, as the text 'TOWARD THE SUN' triumphantly eclipses the persistent 'AGAIN.' And once again, the actor's energy finds its way to overpower the dark shadows with iridescent radiant light.