“New Growth”

Oil on Canvas

50 × 40 inches

$3,800

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About the painting:

New Growth emerged for me out of a purely abstract painting process, and that feels essential to what it expresses.

The fresh, deep green sprouts in the lower left surprised me as they appeared - first the leaf shape, then the stems - rising from what felt like a seed beneath the surface. I chose to leave them partially unfinished, sketched and roughed in, so they would hold a feeling of becoming, of infinite potential. They are in development, just as we are — just as all of life is — always evolving, always unfolding.

The painting holds both the complexity and multifaceted layers of life that we often sense in the world, and the quiet assurance beneath it. While the world around us can feel unsettling at times, this painting offers a deepening of our inner knowing that we can we trust what is unseen. These forms remind me that even when we may not yet see what is taking shape, something vital is already underway.

And that there is a larger intelligence at work — a generative force that supports growth in our individual lives and within the collective — guiding what is emerging toward the light. It is up to us to see this and say ‘Yes’.