The Speech

“You have a wonderfully beautiful face, Mr Gray. But what the gods give they quickly take away.

Some day, when you are old and wrinkled and ugly, when thought has seared your forehead with its lines, and passion branded your lips with its hideous fires, you will feel it, you will feel it terribly. 

Now, wherever you go, you charm the world. Will it always be so?”

Date: 2022
Medium: Oil on panel
Size: 82.5cm x 61.5cm