On A Promise Oil

This 40 × 50 cm oil on canvas presents a vividly charged figurative scene that explores intimacy, tension, and psychological distance. Two figures sit close together on a bed, their bodies angled toward one another yet emotionally misaligned. The composition captures a suspended moment—ambiguous, uneasy, and quietly confrontational.
Paint is applied thickly and assertively, with visible, block-like brushstrokes that build a highly textured surface. A saturated palette of fiery oranges, yellows, and reds dominates the background, creating an oppressive, almost claustrophobic atmosphere that presses in on the figures. Against this heat, cooler blues and flesh tones articulate the bodies, drawing attention to gesture and posture rather than facial detail.
The figures are deliberately stylized: proportions are exaggerated, movements slightly awkward, and expressions restrained. These choices heighten the narrative tension, suggesting themes of desire, imbalance, negotiation, or emotional vulnerability. The cropped interior setting and shallow space further intensify the sense of closeness and unease.
Working within a contemporary neo-expressionist figurative tradition, the artist favors emotional immediacy over refinement. The result is a scene that feels raw and unresolved, inviting the viewer to project their own reading onto the charged interaction unfolding before them.