Size: 30 x 24 inches

Medium: Acrylic & Oil Stick on Canvas

Dept. Gallery in familiar Gallery Dept. style reframes a modern style while exploring the cycle of emotion, repetition, and self-reflection — those moments when we realize we keep falling for the same patterns, the same illusions, the same tricks. A bold pop-expressionist face melts into vibrant strokes of orange, pink, and electric blue, with exaggerated lashes and a single teardrop capturing the drama and humor of repeating life’s lessons.

In the lower half of the composition, a sketch-style figure tumbles off a horse, symbolizing persistence and chaos of getting knocked down by our own familiar mistakes — again. The quick, gestural drawing contrasts the expressive portrait above, grounding the piece in narrative and motion while adding a playful storytelling layer.

trapped in this painting is a woman trapped in her emotions, watching her beaux ride out again asking herself if it’s just another time, or the last time  

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