Infinite Tides
Infinite Tides is my collection inspired by the ocean, but it was never really about water. I was so amazed by her, by the vastness and beauty of her, her endlessly expansive nature, that I knew I had to try to capture it, what she taught me, and what she continues to teach me.
Every time I've stood at the edge of the water, she's left me with something I didn't have before I went in. A way of moving through a hard season. A reason to trust a small decision. A reminder that rest is not the opposite of progress, it's part of the same tide.
Infinite Tides is what I've made of those lessons. Each painting holds one face of her, one instance she stopped me long enough to really see. Together, they are the record of learning, slowly, to stop fighting the water and start moving with it.
And this is only the beginning.
A single drop, landing in water so much larger than itself. Against that vast ocean, it can feel insignificant, as though it should mean nothing. But the ripple travels. It moves further than the eye can follow, and it does not ask permission. Its impact is simply felt.
I keep thinking about how I measure my own choices by their size. The ocean shows me the opposite. A small, almost insignificant decision, the one that does not feel like it deserves the word decision at all, can still be the one that moves everything after it. Life behaves the same way. It does not need to be enormous to reach far. It just needs to happen.
This painting is not just about the ocean's vastness. It is about the moment of decision, the instant the ripple forms, and the way its impact echoes far beyond it.
The Ripple
A single drop, landing in water so much larger than itself. Against that vast ocean, it can feel insignificant, as though it should mean nothing. But the ripple travels. It moves further than the eye can follow, and it does not ask permission. Its impact is simply felt.
I keep thinking about how I measure my own choices by their size. The ocean shows me the opposite. A small, almost insignificant decision, the one that does not feel like it deserves the word decision at all, can still be the one that moves everything after it. Life behaves the same way. It does not need to be enormous to reach far. It just needs to happen.
This painting is not just about the ocean's vastness. It is about the moment of decision, the instant the ripple forms, and the way its impact echoes far beyond it.