Abstract Art Journal

Mist began with blue. I wanted to explore variations of the color and create something that felt calm. As I worked, the blues began to remind me of Alaska and the ocean—the coolness, distance, and vastness of those landscapes—but I wasn't trying to paint a particular place. At that point, I was still experimenting with texture and deciding where the painting wanted to go. The composition began to change when I introduced the mist. Suddenly, I wasn't simply looking at layers o

Some paintings reveal themselves while I am working on them. Others wait until much later. Where Silence Deepens was one of those paintings whose meaning became clearer to me over time. As I looked more closely, I began to see it as a reflection of life itself—the triumphs and adversities, the moments of clarity and uncertainty, all existing together within the same space. What interested me most was that none of those elements needed to resolve completely. Somehow, despite t