love on the brain, 2023

Nicole Clark

Acrylic, Spray Paint, Oil on Canvas

36x36x1.5"

"love on the brain" is part of the xoxo series.

xoxo series: While grieving his late friend, poet Alfred Tennyson penned this about love: “‘Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.” In xoxo paintings, Nicole explores the joy and grief at the junction of love and loss and the tragic obstinance required to avoid heartbreak indefinitely.

The initial series was created between 2019 and 2023, though Nicole anticipates adding artwork to the series indefinitely, given the perpetual relevance of the series' theme in her life and others. The works in the series often serve as a visual journal, documenting the resettling of her romantic and familial love life.