There is a particular kind of alone that has nothing to do with the people around you. It is the alone of becoming, of being so deep in your own transformation that the shore feels impossibly far away and the water beneath you is dark and unknowable.

This piece sits inside that feeling without flinching from it.

A single boat. A silhouette against a deep purple sky. No fanfare, no rescue, just one small vessel holding its place in the vast dark. And yet.

The shore is closer than it seems.

That is the quiet truth this painting holds. The darkness of the in-between is not evidence that you are lost. It is simply what the middle looks like. Every person who has ever become someone new has passed through a night that felt like it would not end. Most of them could not see the shore from where they were. They arrived anyway.

Last Light is not a painting about drowning. It is a painting about floating, about the particular courage of staying in the boat when you cannot yet see where you are headed. About trusting that the dark water beneath you is holding you, not swallowing you.

The light on the horizon is not gone. It is waiting. And the shore is closer than it seems.

Acrylic on wood cradled canvas
12”x12”

Real orchids, amethyst, quartz, fresh water pearl, resin, plaster, fiber optic lighting

$1,000

This painting is available for purchase. You can currently purchase it at the Kayenta Center for the Arts. And it will be available to take home on June 31st. Each painting comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.