A bold and graphic composition rendered in oil and lacquer, Chris Succo's *We Were Talking About Ninjas Earlier* channels the raw energy of street art and pop culture through its slick, high-contrast surfaces. The artist's use of lacquer amplifies the work's visual tension, lending a luminous sheen that heightens the interplay between figuration and abstraction. Housed in the artist's own custom frame, the piece extends Succo's signature aesthetic beyond the canvas, treating the work as a unified, self-contained object.