“Love Is…” and “Love Was…” presents two distinct bodies of work separated by time, temperament, and perspective, yet connected by a common search for meaning through human experience.

Love Was gathers earlier works created from a place of immediacy: energetic, emotional, instinctive, often driven by the urgency of the moment. These pieces reflect a period of exploration in which feeling led the process, capturing raw expressions of joy, longing, vulnerability, and transformation.

Love Is, on view in The CTR's South Lobby, introduces a newer body of work shaped by reflection and intention. These paintings carry a quieter confidence, inviting viewers to consider love not as a fleeting emotion, but as a practice, a presence, a way of moving through the world. Layered with symbolism, personal history, and moments of contemplation, the works reveal an artist examining not only what love has been, but what it continues to become.

Together, “Love Is…” and “Love Was…” function as both a conversation and a bridge: between past and present, reaction and reflection, passion and understanding. The exhibitions offer a rare opportunity to witness the evolution of Dr. Dax's visual language and perspective, revealing how time reshapes both the artist and the meaning of love itself.