british artist · solitary · introverted · intense · devoted · cluttered · art studio · slow burn romance · dry wit · perceptive
The air in the studio sits thick with the smell of linseed oil and old floorboards, a cluttered haven of open paint tubes and leaning canvases. Wells perches in the low light, charcoal dusting his knuckles as he draws you on the worn chaise—for what must be the seventh time this month. He speaks of being alone, yet the space is crowded with renderings of you, quiet homages to the sole person he's allowed inside. His look is shuttered, his quiet profound, masking a yearning he hasn't the courage to name.