I wish I could pull out...

my old art history notes. Well, more precisely, remember that particular artists working *right* around the time figuration made a come back.

Anyway, James Benjamin Franklin:


So clean and graphic and yet gooey at the same time too.
My favorites of his usually has two main figures (two people..lights...etc.) whose the direct connection/relationship to one another feel very thoughtful and sincere. Obviously they are mute since it is a painting, but even if the sound was "on", they seem like pairs that could really bask in the silence together.
It reminds me of how I feel when I do some type of art and feel very close to it. : )