ABOUT
Quiet Desperation is an abstract acrylic portrait I created to explore the feeling of longing and introspection—where reality and imagination blur into a dreamlike haze. The figure emerged as if suspended between the weight of the present and the pull of an imagined time. I worked with muted tones and sudden bursts of color to express a quiet ache softened by the comfort of inner escape. The blurred suggestion of eyes feels like they’re looking past the canvas, searching, yearning, while the textures and movement reveal a soul both anchored to reality and drifting into the unknown. In this piece, identity becomes fluid for me, shaped as much by what is as by what could be.
artist: Erin McGrath Rieke
created: 2022
series:
subject: abstract
styles: abstract
mediums: acrylic
DETAILS
artwork: acrylic on canvas
original: one-of-a-kind artwork
size: 16 w x 20 h x 1 d in
frame: optional
ABOUT
Quiet Desperation is an abstract acrylic portrait I created to explore the feeling of longing and introspection—where reality and imagination blur into a dreamlike haze. The figure emerged as if suspended between the weight of the present and the pull of an imagined time. I worked with muted tones and sudden bursts of color to express a quiet ache softened by the comfort of inner escape. The blurred suggestion of eyes feels like they’re looking past the canvas, searching, yearning, while the textures and movement reveal a soul both anchored to reality and drifting into the unknown. In this piece, identity becomes fluid for me, shaped as much by what is as by what could be.
artist: Erin McGrath Rieke
created: 2022
series:
subject: abstract
styles: abstract
mediums: acrylic
DETAILS
artwork: acrylic on canvas
original: one-of-a-kind artwork
size: 16 w x 20 h x 1 d in
frame: optional
