This painting began as a drawing — a departure from my usual process. A charcoal sketch, sealed with acrylic, became the foundation for layers of oil glaze. But the drawing kept asserting itself. I found myself drawing with the oil paint, tracing and retracing the tangle of branches, working slowly toward the glow caught between them. Warm golden light presses against cool blues, held together and held apart by a lattice of bare branches.
On view in Moving Deeper into Light, baby grand Gallery, Grand Opera House, Wilmington, DE. May 1–31, 2026.
This painting began as a drawing — a departure from my usual process. A charcoal sketch, sealed with acrylic, became the foundation for layers of oil glaze. But the drawing kept asserting itself. I found myself drawing with the oil paint, tracing and retracing the tangle of branches, working slowly toward the glow caught between them. Warm golden light presses against cool blues, held together and held apart by a lattice of bare branches.
On view in Moving Deeper into Light, baby grand Gallery, Grand Opera House, Wilmington, DE. May 1–31, 2026.