mixed metal leaf, oil paint on wood
4 × 12
framed size: 5.5 × 13.5
Title: Orange Line
From the Field Note Series
One of the earliest pieces in the series — and one that taught me the most.
Orange Line is small but commanding. In it, I began to fully understand how to work with layered oil paint over gilded surfaces — letting light, reflection, and atmosphere blur into one another.
The scene is intentionally elusive. It could be a mountain, a sky, a cloud at sunset — or all three at once. During that golden hour, the colors of the land rise up into the clouds, and the sky reflects back what it receives.
It’s atmosphere, not landscape. A mood, not a map.
And in the midst of it all… a single stroke of orange. The line that brought it all into focus. The thread of fire that pulls you forward through haze. The pulse of the desert, distilled.
This piece is about subtlety, memory, and the power of one line to hold the whole story.
Let yourself follow it.
mixed metal leaf, oil paint on wood
4 × 12
framed size: 5.5 × 13.5
Title: Orange Line
From the Field Note Series
One of the earliest pieces in the series — and one that taught me the most.
Orange Line is small but commanding. In it, I began to fully understand how to work with layered oil paint over gilded surfaces — letting light, reflection, and atmosphere blur into one another.
The scene is intentionally elusive. It could be a mountain, a sky, a cloud at sunset — or all three at once. During that golden hour, the colors of the land rise up into the clouds, and the sky reflects back what it receives.
It’s atmosphere, not landscape. A mood, not a map.
And in the midst of it all… a single stroke of orange. The line that brought it all into focus. The thread of fire that pulls you forward through haze. The pulse of the desert, distilled.
This piece is about subtlety, memory, and the power of one line to hold the whole story.
Let yourself follow it.
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