Blue Sea/Drifting

Blue Sea/Drifting, 2018, 24 x 24 Inches, Oil & Sculptamold on Wood

This is the first new work I've completed in a couple months. ME/CFS makes it difficult and sometimes impossible to paint. When I have my worst symptoms, I have trouble thinking clearly, holding on to thoughts that seem to float away as I try to grasp them. I sometimes feel like I am floating too, drifting between consciousness and sleep. I need to keep my environment still and free from chaos. This work is a reflection of that need and the sensation of floating. It evokes the sea in a way meant to touch the imagination, suggesting sunlight filtering through ocean water. The small sculptural elements are reminiscent of corals. 

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