And Then He Let It Go

Artist Statement:

 

This piece is the echo after fire. And Then He Let It Go captures the moment when the weight lifts — not because it’s resolved, but because it’s released.

 

The smoke isn’t from a cigarette or a blaze. It’s what remains of restraint, of something that once needed to be held. The subject doesn’t look relieved. He looks resolved — the kind of peace that only comes after exhaustion.

 

The forest holds him, just as it did before, but now he sits differently. He doesn’t need to prove anything. He doesn’t need to speak. The fire was there. And now, it isn’t.

 

This work speaks to the tension between masculinity and softness, between control and surrender, between silence and survival.

 

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