It was a long time coming after a six year period that had me keeping most of my work tucked away in my basement studio …

I’m very happy to be showing a collection of work in a couple weeks, at the beloved Make.Shift. This is the show poster.

The venue staff put together a little interview of me talking about the show theme. I said a whole lot in the 30 minutes we spent together and I am grateful they chose to include my mention of grief.

In my view, grief is knowledge, grief is a guide—grief is so important for what humanity is evolving through right now.

The painting featured in the poster image is called “Deep Friend,” and I’ve brought it around to various communal spaces over the past several years. It’s been a favorite and it looks cool in rooms filled with plants.

Here’s a little clip of me working on it back in the day.

Depth is one of those attributes that often gets mistreated and taken advantage of in exploitative and shallow environments, like the many I have outgrown.

There is nothing wrong with depth; there is a lot wrong with people who shun, belittle, and abuse depth. We can move on to create environments that honor it without their noise.

Peace,

Adrien