Title:

Soup of the Day

Materials:

Acrylic paint, alcohol ink on cotton canvas stretched on wooden frame

Size:

40 x 40 inches (101.6 x 101.6 cm)

Year:

2026

Description:

Soup of the Day is a 2026 mixed media abstract graffiti painting by Roche Jackson, and the third work in a three-piece series examining memory, color, and emotional layering through contemporary street art aesthetics. Created on a 40 x 40 inch cotton canvas using acrylic paint and alcohol inks, this piece presents a softer, more luminous contrast to the darker monochrome works in the series.

The composition features warm pink and rock-toned hues inspired by Ottoman summer color palettes, blending fluid motion-like energy with layered graffiti marks and fragmented vintage newsprint. These elements intertwine to create a sense of movement, as if memories and visual fragments are continuously forming and dissolving across the surface.

The painting reveals hidden archival textures beneath expressive abstraction, balancing softness with intensity. As the final piece in the series, Soup of the Day offers resolution through light, color, and atmospheric depth, while still maintaining the raw energy of mixed media graffiti and collage-based expressionism.