Simple Imagination II
by Shirley Kaye Perkins
Acrylic on Paper | From the Artist’s Sketchbook Series
“Simple Imagination II” explores the quiet tension between solitude and connection. At the center, a crowned figure sits in stillness grounded yet surrounded by a vast, abstract world of color, symbols, and emotion.
Rich layers of pink, coral, and warm tones create an immersive atmosphere, while scattered elements a heart, moon, star, and fragmented forms feel like distant thoughts, memories, or desires floating just out of reach. The figure remains centered within it all, suggesting introspection, patience, and the search for meaning.
Loose, expressive linework paired with splattered textures preserves the raw, intuitive nature of the artist’s sketchbook origins, giving the piece both immediacy and depth.