mixed metal leaf on wood
10 × 15
framed size: 16.25 x 11.25
Part of the Field Notes Collection, this study carries both the energy of a storm and the beauty of its release — an ethereal in-between space, wrapped in liquid gold. A jewel-sized meditation on Arizona’s mountains and skies.
There is nothing like the light of a desert monsoon.
Golden Monsoon was born from that fleeting, all-consuming glow — when the sun breaks through the rain and you can no longer see where the mountains end and the sky begins.
In Arizona, we call it virga — the rain that falls in the distance, visible as streaks from the sky, glowing before it ever touches the ground. It overtakes the landscape.
In this piece, the clouds become mountains. The mountains, flecked with 23-carat gold, hold the shimmer of that sacred moment. Earthy, grounding, and luminous.
A specialty gold leaf technique — adapted from Japanese gilding — creates the vertical golden streaks. It’s unpredictable, and that’s the beauty of it. Just like the monsoon.
Look closer: there’s blue variegated leaf at the base, echoing the mood of moisture, mystery, and sky.
For me, this piece holds both the abundance of the rain and the mystery of the light — the strange joy that belongs only to the desert.
mixed metal leaf on wood
10 × 15
framed size: 16.25 x 11.25
Part of the Field Notes Collection, this study carries both the energy of a storm and the beauty of its release — an ethereal in-between space, wrapped in liquid gold. A jewel-sized meditation on Arizona’s mountains and skies.
There is nothing like the light of a desert monsoon.
Golden Monsoon was born from that fleeting, all-consuming glow — when the sun breaks through the rain and you can no longer see where the mountains end and the sky begins.
In Arizona, we call it virga — the rain that falls in the distance, visible as streaks from the sky, glowing before it ever touches the ground. It overtakes the landscape.
In this piece, the clouds become mountains. The mountains, flecked with 23-carat gold, hold the shimmer of that sacred moment. Earthy, grounding, and luminous.
A specialty gold leaf technique — adapted from Japanese gilding — creates the vertical golden streaks. It’s unpredictable, and that’s the beauty of it. Just like the monsoon.
Look closer: there’s blue variegated leaf at the base, echoing the mood of moisture, mystery, and sky.
For me, this piece holds both the abundance of the rain and the mystery of the light — the strange joy that belongs only to the desert.
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