I am falling, 16 x 20 inches

Artist: Rossi Kelton

Year: 2021

Dimensions: 16 X 20 in.

Surface: Linen

Materials: Oil paints

I am falling, and I can’t get up—but there is no ground here, only color becoming light. The world opens into a spectrum, pulling me inward, where yellow burns brightest, almost loud, while blue deepens into something endless. The fall is not downward; it is through perception itself.

Red flares at the edges, urgent and alive, while green flickers between presence and illusion, never fully settling. Each color shifts as I move, or perhaps as I see—light bending, changing, refusing to stay fixed. What once felt like direction dissolves into sensation.

At the center, everything converges into darkness, not empty, but full—a point where all color gathers before becoming something else. I reach for balance, but there is none. Only transition.

And yet, the fall becomes something quieter. Light softens, colors begin to breathe instead of rush. I am no longer trying to stop it. I am inside it—where falling is not losing control, but entering the space where perception is made.