TIRED

Hand-painted original typographic neo-expressionist painting on canvas – the word TIRED is carved, scratched, and embedded into a circular form that pulses between deep arterial red and pale, exhausted white. A clenched fist emerges from the circular composition – gripping, enduring, refusing to release despite everything. The boundary between text and image dissolves as language itself becomes a physical wound inscribed into the painted surface. TIRED gives physical form to the state of chronic depletion – the red veins spreading through the composition like cracks in an over-strained surface. The fist at its center refuses surrender even as exhaustion consumes everything around it, channeling the tradition of Basquiat's text-as-image through a darker, more internalized lens. Includes signed Certificate of Authenticity (CoA), artist signature on back, and matte varnish finish for archival durability.