Original Painting | Missed | Crossing: 2.2 | 100 x 140 cm root_521624 one dissolving into light

one dissolving into light

while green riverbank curves above — a visceral image of external success submerged in internal chaos

Acrylic and ink on canvas with mineral and earth pigments

the stripped branches reveal not loss but the beauty of structure that no longer needs to perform

Paradox: Belonging emerges through not belonging

Original Painting | Missed | Crossing: 2.2 | 100 x 140 cm root_521624 one dissolving into lightTitle: Missed Paradox: You test the water but never ask who is testing. The Story I painted this in a place I kept coming back to a creek in the bush where the water was warm and the light came through the trees in patches. I was drawn to it because it was the kind of place where you stop performing. Nobody there. Just the water and whatever you brought with you. I painted what I saw a woman entering water she did not fully know. The hat was the last