The Reading Hour

A study of “parallel play”—the profound intimacy found when two people share a space in effortless, comfortable silence. It captures the bathroom as a sanctuary, a private world where the rush of the outside is replaced by the soft rustle of pages and the warmth of a morning bath.
​Inspiration: The quiet strength of domestic partnership and the beauty of being “alone, together.”
​Technique: Soft, architectural planes of color are used to frame the composition, contrasted by the organic, tender rendering of the figures to emphasize their vulnerability.