#lonelyness

One of my older pieces. It's a pretty clumsy painting and not very good in composition: a bubble almost in the middle of the canvas, that draws all the attention, a rather poorly drawn human figure, water that doesn't look like water, etc. I very rarely include it among the showcase pieces when I show my best work somewhere for promotion, but, oddly enough, it's probably my favorite painting of all. I don't even know why.

a long way home

normal people, 2020/@ryebreadgf /ceilings - lizzy mcalpine/the haunting of hill house, shirley jackson/untitled, frank wright/unknown, from pinterest/nicolas martin, “dedicated to light”/you’re on your own, kid - taylor swift/edward hooper, “gayle on the f train”/@seashellronan/tolerate it - taylor swift/unknown/tv - billie eilish/unknown, from pinterest/@lustloveandliarsx/@finehoney/@farmlesbians/liability - lorde/i get so jealous of euthanized dogs - june gehringer/anne magill/you’re on your own, kid - taylor swift

When Regulus meets James, he's been lonely for so long, he's forgotten how to touch. When they get together, it takes him so long to get comfortable with touch, they spend so many nights next to each other, not touching, just being close. He'll sometimes allow James to cuddle him, or hold his hand, but he'll only accept so much touch before he gets fed up with it and needs space.