Original Painting | We Exist | Crossing: 5.1 | 160 x 160 cm Framing Option:Natural Oak Floating Framed (+3cm) (5.5cm depth) Not the soft gradient people

Not the soft gradient people imagine

Restrained luminosity

I painted it before I understood what was starting

I painted this when the boundary between me and the world had dissolved

Sustained viewing reveals the difference between rest and release

Original Painting | We Exist | Crossing: 5.1 | 160 x 160 cm Framing Option:Natural Oak Floating Framed (+3cm) (5.5cm depth) Not the soft gradient peopleTitle: We Exist Paradox: The body has just arrived in a lifetime The Story I painted four figures because embodiment is not private. When you finally arrive in your body, you see that everyone else is doing the same thing in their own way. The waterhole at dusk holds that moment the light going golden, the reflections getting deeper, and every person in the scene just being there. No performance. No escape. Just presence held in water. The Crossing