Elijah Hecht

Function Room

Acrylic Painting: What is a Function Room when no one is left to use it?

“I work with themes of Solitude, Isolation, Memory, and Liminalatiy. I use Acrylic to paint photographs I've taken of the places people often don't look at, and I focus on capturing emotional realism. Whether that's an empty room, or light reflecting in a puddle. I enhance the somber and quiet feelings because to reflect on the individual self and its relationship to the world. The way a space loses its function when abandoned by humans and how people can inherently have purpose.”