Held by the Sun lives in the moment before you’re ready to let go.
Soft washes of peach, blush, ochre, and muted blue-gray move across the canvas, interrupted by wandering lines, delicate drips, and touches of genuine gold leaf. Movement runs through the painting, but it stays quieter and more restrained—as though something is beginning to shift without quite knowing where it will lead.
I created this piece around that feeling of possibility: the point when you begin to question what you’ve been holding onto and imagine what might happen if you loosened your grip.
It’s not quite the moment of breaking free. It’s the moment you begin to believe you could.
**Originally created as a companion to Color Outside the Lines, the two paintings became different stages of the same journey. Held by the Sun captures the quieter beginning, the contemplation before letting go, while the bolder colors and uninhibited marks of Color Outside the Lines represent what happens when you finally do. Each painting stands on its own, but together they tell the fuller story.
Medium: Acrylic and genuine gold leaf on canvas
Dimensions: 36" × 48" (Unframed)
Finish: Protective top coat applied
Display: Ready to hang
Held by the Sun lives in the moment before you’re ready to let go.
Soft washes of peach, blush, ochre, and muted blue-gray move across the canvas, interrupted by wandering lines, delicate drips, and touches of genuine gold leaf. Movement runs through the painting, but it stays quieter and more restrained—as though something is beginning to shift without quite knowing where it will lead.
I created this piece around that feeling of possibility: the point when you begin to question what you’ve been holding onto and imagine what might happen if you loosened your grip.
It’s not quite the moment of breaking free. It’s the moment you begin to believe you could.
**Originally created as a companion to Color Outside the Lines, the two paintings became different stages of the same journey. Held by the Sun captures the quieter beginning, the contemplation before letting go, while the bolder colors and uninhibited marks of Color Outside the Lines represent what happens when you finally do. Each painting stands on its own, but together they tell the fuller story.
Medium: Acrylic and genuine gold leaf on canvas
Dimensions: 36" × 48" (Unframed)
Finish: Protective top coat applied
Display: Ready to hang
