Musician Series 13 (Rhythm Within)

The figure reclines in a quiet, self-contained repose, rendered in spare black line and granular shading that turns the body into a landscape of inwardness. Across this hush, the drum erupts as the work’s single blaze of color—warm bands of orange and gold functioning like a pulse laid on the torso, suggesting rhythm as both burden and lifeline. The asymmetrical sprawl of limbs and the softened, closed expression propose a tension between surrender and endurance, as if music is being carried through fatigue rather than performed for spectacle. In the stark white surround, silence becomes palpable, framing the drum as an emblem of memory and communal sound held close to the self.