Painting Oil on Canvas by Bob Meyer: Big Day, Framed

Big day. The eyes are closed, and the head has found the hand.

Big Day is a framed oil on canvas by Bob Meyer, from France, from about 2017. Small, intimate portraits like this are made for close viewing in a home, where a private moment can be kept on the wall. Thin washes of black and grey describe a person with eyes shut, head propped on a hand, in a dark, loosely brushed garment. Behind the figure, a chair back shows pale pink stripes against a chalky white ground. An inscription runs along the top left. A heavy black frame of deep, rounded ribs takes up nearly as much room as the picture. Eighteen inches square.

Some days end before the day does.