mixed metal leaf, glass glitter, oil paint on wood
6 × 12
framed size: 7.25 x 13.25
Title: Four Peaks in the Sky
From the Field Note Series
Part of the Founder’s Collection
The title says it all —
Four Peaks in the Sky
This piece is a quiet ode to process, surrender, and the magic of imperfection. The leaf technique I use here I’ve fallen in love with — not because it offers precision, but because it refuses to. The adhesive glue covers the entire piece in one layer, so when the leafing begins, the micro-thin sheet of metal leaf cracks, slips, sticks where it wants.
I thought I was laying down a mountain range, but my fingers were getting in the way. And then I stepped back…
It was Four Peaks!
Perfectly placed — as if it had remembered itself into being.
Arizona collectors will recognize the silhouette instantly. The four jagged rises. The familiar silhouette in the sky.
There’s a dark cloud coming from the upper left — a soft darkness meeting open light. The gold leaf scattered through the mountains feels like writing, or a signal, etched into the land.
With its narrow format, this piece invites a slower kind of seeing.
An invitation to
notice the little things.
To catch the moment when recognition meets memory — and holds. Stay with this one a bit longer.
mixed metal leaf, glass glitter, oil paint on wood
6 × 12
framed size: 7.25 x 13.25
Title: Four Peaks in the Sky
From the Field Note Series
Part of the Founder’s Collection
The title says it all —
Four Peaks in the Sky
This piece is a quiet ode to process, surrender, and the magic of imperfection. The leaf technique I use here I’ve fallen in love with — not because it offers precision, but because it refuses to. The adhesive glue covers the entire piece in one layer, so when the leafing begins, the micro-thin sheet of metal leaf cracks, slips, sticks where it wants.
I thought I was laying down a mountain range, but my fingers were getting in the way. And then I stepped back…
It was Four Peaks!
Perfectly placed — as if it had remembered itself into being.
Arizona collectors will recognize the silhouette instantly. The four jagged rises. The familiar silhouette in the sky.
There’s a dark cloud coming from the upper left — a soft darkness meeting open light. The gold leaf scattered through the mountains feels like writing, or a signal, etched into the land.
With its narrow format, this piece invites a slower kind of seeing.
An invitation to
notice the little things.
To catch the moment when recognition meets memory — and holds. Stay with this one a bit longer.
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