12 x 12”, Acrylic and Colored Pencil on Board, 2025.

Wiley Holton’s newest series, Soft, is grounded in the concept of echoes—those lingering impressions that reverberate through memory and emotion. The gentle luminosity of the white linework evokes breath, reflection, and the passage of time, while the delicately colored backgrounds hum softly beneath the surface—like faint recollections or whispered voices. Through this gentle contrast, Wiley merges the tangible with the ethereal, revealing how stillness can carry energy, and how even silence itself can resonate with profound depth.