Anatomy of a heart
oil & acrylic
40 x 40 x 2 cm
Current location: In private collection
Original artwork price: € 660
I've always been drawn to the idea that the heart — that ancient, unruly thing — might have a blueprint somewhere. Some hidden technical drawing that explains why it behaves the way it does. Anatomy of a Heart is my attempt at that document. It's a technical schematic for something that fundamentally resists being schematized. The measurements are real, the geometry is precise, the annotations deadpan — 'Always N,' 'Still N,' 'also N,' 'Random Remaining Distance (RRD).' And yet the subject refuses to be contained. You can draft it, cross-reference it, calculate its radius and its diagonal. You still won't crack it. I painted this on deep cobalt blue, the color of drafting paper, the color of depth, the color of winter thinking. It belongs to Wintering Down because that's when I do my most honest work — when the noise drops and I'm left alone with the questions I can't answer. This is one of them, rendered as carefully as I know how.