Original Painting | Missed | Crossing: 2.2 | 100 x 140 cm root_521624 and warm atmospheric light in

and warm atmospheric light in a large-scale mixed media composition

The figure wades into a creek that does not confirm what she knew

The stark contrast between light and shadow generates an immediate presence of transition

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

There was a serenity to it that held its own value

Original Painting | Missed | Crossing: 2.2 | 100 x 140 cm root_521624 and warm atmospheric light inTitle: 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