Stay

A child in a dark green coat and red knit hat wraps an arm around a Husky's neck. The dog sits still, its gaze direct and patient, looking out at the viewer while the embrace holds. The layered teal and crystalline background shifts and fractures behind them, the red ground at their feet suggesting fallen leaves or the first cold days of autumn. Nothing dramatic is happening. Someone loves their dog and the dog allows it, which is its own kind of grace. A painting about the particular stillness of that moment when you hold on a little longer than you need to.