First Light

First Light grew from a small 6 × 6 study titled Where Light Remains. I wanted to revisit the idea on a larger scale, reimagining the horizon and foreground to create a greater sense of depth and distance while still allowing the landscape to remain abstract.

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As the painting developed, I added the small yellow sun as a focal point. Against the darker horizon and softer blues surrounding it, that single point of light seemed to carry far more presence than its size would suggest.

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The painting became less about a specific place and more about the experience of seeing that first light in the distance—the moment when something small can change the way you see everything around it.

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