Sweet Darkness | 40 x 60 in. | Acrylic on canvas. | Original Panting By Alexander Franco.

  Curatorial ReviewIn Sweet Darkness, deep crimson, ochre, and violet hues seem to emerge from the void, revealing just enough to stir the imagination. This painting plays with contrasts: density and space, shadow and glow, silence and emotion. The canvas is not merely dark—it is rich with subtle movement, like a landscape glimpsed under moonlight or a memory surfacing from the unconscious. It evokes the tenderness found within melancholy, and the unexpected beauty that lives in hidden places. Artist StatementSweet Darkness came from a personal place—a space of quiet introspection where I allowed myself to sit with the unknown. Rather than resist the shadows, I followed them. Layer after layer, the darkness revealed its warmth and depth. This piece is about the hidden sweetness we often overlook in silence, in grief, in stillness. It’s a reminder that even in our most obscure emotional landscapes, there is light waiting to be felt.