Sing Me a Lullaby

Medium: Oil on wood panel

Size: 20″ x 20″ x 1.5″

Year of creation: 2024

Artwork Availability: Available

Sing Me a Lullaby is part of my Altered Realism series.

This painting was created during a time when I was drawn to the contrast between intensity and quietude — how chaos and calm can coexist within a single soul.

The grayscale portrait of the woman, rendered in soft yet sculptural detail, evokes a sense of quiet sorrow or deep contemplation. Her eyes are closed, her lips slightly parted, as if she’s listening to something only she can hear — a melody, a memory, a whisper from within. The crimson rose pressed against her cheek is vivid and symbolic: a bleeding bloom that suggests passion, pain, vulnerability, and beauty all at once.

Surrounding her are fierce, expressive splashes of red, gold, black, and turquoise. These strokes are not random — they represent the emotional turbulence that surrounds her inner stillness. The textures and colors scream where she remains silent, echoing a kind of internal song — raw, unresolved, but beautiful.

I imagined this piece as a visual lullaby for the bruised spirit — something emotional, cathartic, and intimate. I wanted the viewer to feel that the rose could be a wound or a gift, the woman’s closed eyes a shield or surrender.

Sing Me a Lullaby is a portrait of resilience painted in silence, where boldness and fragility dance together. It speaks to the quiet strength of those who carry the storm inside — and still manage to listen for beauty.