This painting imagines a sun growing beneath a body of water. It depicts a moment before this star emerges, not yet breaching the surface. In this sense, the sun is eternally at this in-between moment, solely focused on this moment where it's evolving. Where will this sun go after and where did it come from?
As a method of reducing paint waste, many of my works at this size start by being a painting palette. This way, all the excess paint resulting from larger works can be used to create a smaller work as well. Once the larger painting is complete, what is left is the palette. I blend any of the the excess colors and let it dry. Then I can sand down and build something up from the palette base.
