Rage in Red and Black

After my wife’s grandmother had yet another blowup, and I was feeling profoundly put-upon in having to even do “another stupid painting” when I was feeling buried by my academic work and also stressed at the living situation and at seeing my partner subjected to such a challenging, abusive and explosive caregiving situation, one which triggered my own trauma around my narcissistic alcoholic mother. Rage in red and black was the result, and it’s actually one of my favorite of my paintings.