The Lovers
In The Lovers, Troy Hul Arnold offers a tender exploration of affection, memory, and formative observation. Inspired by his mother—now Catherine London, following her marriage to Arthur James London—the painting captures the romantic bond between the couple, filtered through the eyes of a child learning about love through lived experience.

Set against the backdrop of weekend outings in Prospect Park, Crown Heights, Brooklyn, the work is a visual recollection of joy and intimacy witnessed firsthand. Arnold reflects on these quiet moments as essential to his understanding of emotional connection—where public displays of love between his mother and stepfather became lessons in tenderness, vulnerability, and care. Through warm tones and gentle gestures, The Lovers transcends portraiture to become a meditation on how we inherit ways of loving.