Secrets In Glaze

Lover’s Eye Series

This work presents a single blue eye held in quiet suspension. Unblinking and unsentimental, the gaze is steady rather than expressive—observant, contained, and deliberate. Removed from the language of portraiture, the eye becomes an object of record rather than confession. It does not reveal emotion; it withholds it.

Painted in oil on canvas and set within an octagonal vintage dish, the geometry sharpens the sense of containment. The faceted edge reads as both frame and boundary, reinforcing themes of surveillance, possession, and preserved intimacy. What remains is awareness—watchful, unresolved, and enduring.

Referencing Victorian lover’s eye portraits while stripping them of romantic indulgence, the piece functions as a contemporary relic. It sits somewhere between adornment and evidence, inviting prolonged scrutiny rather than comfort.

This artwork is part of the Lover’s Eye Series, an ongoing body of object-based works examining intimacy, restraint, and the aesthetics of historical longing.

Details

• Medium: Oil paint

• Surface: Canvas adhered to vintage octagonal dish

• Image Size: 2 inches

• Format: Object-based artwork

• Series: Lover’s Eye Series

• Signed Certificate of Authenticity included

• Status: Original, one-of-a-kind