Beyond The Veil
by Kevin A Phillips

A figure shrouded, a face obscured, a silence just before the swell of color—
this is where the journey begins.

In Beyond The Veil, portraits emerge from stillness and shadow, evolving from faceless forms cloaked in black and white to vibrant expressions alive with chroma. Each piece holds a quiet tension: fabric that both adorns and entangles, liquids that blur identity, color that consoles as much as it confronts.

These obstructions—whether folds of silk or waves of paint—become symbols of what we hide behind and what we long to transcend. In stripping away clarity, they invite intimacy. You are not looking at a face—you are meeting a reflection.

This progression mirrors a moment of personal and collective change. A passage through anxiety, ambiguity, and self-erasure—into radiance. Beyond the veil, beauty is not the absence of distortion, but the light that filters through it.