Painting is a love language.

Each brushstroke is a kind of conversation, a way of paying attention to the imagined, the remembered, or the felt.

To paint is to hold something tenderly—to honor it, translate it, and offer it up, hoping it resonates with someone else in a way that words cannot.

All images are original paintings by Suzanne DesMarais, and as such, are subject to copyright and may not be used without explicit permission of the artist.