Coming Home by Benjamin J. Young
Coming Home.
2025.
Watercolor
on Paper.
30x22in.
Benjamin J. Young,
American, b. 1990.
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About The Watercolor Painting
This watercolor painting captures a quiet, emotional moment in a wide field of sun-washed, golden grass, where a black-and-white dog stands poised in the foreground, its gaze fixed with loyal longing toward a man sitting alone on a weathered porch. The house behind him, worn and faded by time, leans into the narrative of years passed, its muted tones contrasting the bright, wind-brushed field that stretches between them. The man’s posture — slightly bowed, hands resting together, hat shading his expression — carries a sense of solitude, reflection, and loss. The distance between man and dog becomes the heart of the scene: a silent, tender space filled with unspoken connection, waiting, and the weight of what isn’t said.
This painting is apart of the Shades of Olson Collection.