This painting evolved after coming across the following quote by author Jamie Anderson, which moved me deeply:

Grief, I’ve learned, is really just love. It is all the love you want to give, but cannot. All that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go.

The man shown here is in search for a place to bring his unspent love, as symbolized by the oversized flowers filling his boat.