Portrait of Ambivalence Print

Happiness admires the Iceland poppy he just picked and Sadness looms over Happiness under an eternal rain of dead leaves. One cannot exist without the other.

We humans do not experience emotions in their 100% pure form. Similar to the color wheel, our emotions are complex blends of differing emotions of varying intensities—resulting in the millions of combinations we experience everyday.

As we mature, we grow more accepting of our reality where nothing is purely 100% positive or negative. It is simply part of being human.

Brothers of the Forest series explores our hard-wired human emotions and how they shape our human relationships with one another. In the paintings, the figures symbolize our emotions and their coexistence. My intention with this series is to invite viewers to examine what they think they know about human relationship templates versus what’s actually out there in the world.

Brothers of the Forest was created for Photonic Playground’s 1st LGBTQ themed show and Orange County Pride. To see and read about the painting series, visit: www.edmundliang.com/brothers