What We Saw Together
36 × 36 in
Acrylic, Oil Sticks, Oil Pastels on canvas mounted on panel
Warren Hynson b.1974

$1500

What We Saw Together reflects the bond between two children shaped by the same atmosphere of trauma, silence, and survival. Whether read as friends, siblings, or cousins, the paired figures suggest a shared witnessing—two young lives marked by experiences they were too young to fully understand, yet forced to carry together. Their faces are filled with swirling eyes and fragmented shapes, symbolizing layered memories, emotional confusion, and the many moments that remain embedded in the mind.

The barred mouths represent voices confined by silence, revealing how children can endure the same pain side by side while still lacking the language, safety, or permission to speak about it. Yet there is also tenderness in their closeness. They stand as mirrors, companions, and witnesses for one another.

Through bold color, repeated symbolism, and childlike form, this painting honors the painful truth that trauma is often shared—but so is survival. In giving these two figures presence, dignity, and visibility, the work speaks not only to what they endured, but to the possibility that being seen together can become part of healing.