Size in inches: 48 x 60"
Size in cm: 121.9 x 152.4 cm Price: $6,050.00
"Breathe/Engulf" (48 x 60") from the Breathing Series explores breath at its most overwhelming—that moment when air doesn't gently enter but floods in, when we're surrounded, consumed, utterly immersed in the act of breathing itself.Working with oil glazing over acrylic underpainting, I built up explosive passages of golden yellow and amber that radiate outward from a brilliant center, surrounded by deep purples and blues at the edges. Unlike the more contained energy of other paintings in this series, here breath becomes an all-encompassing force. The painting suggests drowning in air, being engulfed by atmosphere, that rare moment when we're acutely aware of being creatures who live submerged in an ocean of gas. "Engulf" implies being surrounded and swallowed—not necessarily threatening, but total. This painting acknowledges the power of breath to overwhelm: the panic of breathlessness, the relief of the first breath after diving, and the intensity of pranayama that floods the system with oxygen and prana. This is breath as immersion, as environment, as the element that holds us, whether we notice it or not. Professional-grade oil on canvas. Edges painted, ready to hang. Signed on the back.
Size in inches: 48 x 60"
Size in cm: 121.9 x 152.4 cm Price: $6,050.00
"Breathe/Engulf" (48 x 60") from the Breathing Series explores breath at its most overwhelming—that moment when air doesn't gently enter but floods in, when we're surrounded, consumed, utterly immersed in the act of breathing itself.Working with oil glazing over acrylic underpainting, I built up explosive passages of golden yellow and amber that radiate outward from a brilliant center, surrounded by deep purples and blues at the edges. Unlike the more contained energy of other paintings in this series, here breath becomes an all-encompassing force. The painting suggests drowning in air, being engulfed by atmosphere, that rare moment when we're acutely aware of being creatures who live submerged in an ocean of gas. "Engulf" implies being surrounded and swallowed—not necessarily threatening, but total. This painting acknowledges the power of breath to overwhelm: the panic of breathlessness, the relief of the first breath after diving, and the intensity of pranayama that floods the system with oxygen and prana. This is breath as immersion, as environment, as the element that holds us, whether we notice it or not. Professional-grade oil on canvas. Edges painted, ready to hang. Signed on the back.