Sequoyah Burke-Combs
Eye of Being II, 2023
Acrylic on Canvas
40 x 30 inches
"A sweet and inviting fragrance draws me to lovingly gaze at the peony. I feel it look back and ask me if I can see myself as fully? I do not answer and instead paint the exchange.
This painting is the summation of strokes riddled with obsessive detail, joy, spontaneity, frustration and a struggle with time. It is a depiction of the ever present sight that is unseen yet lovingly connects all things. On a personal level it is a reflection of the continuous invitation to stop looking outward for answers and instead simply look in the mirror or inward through shut eyes."