The ocean has always known something we are still learning, that everything moves in cycles. The tide goes out. The tide comes back. The universe expands. And somewhere in between, we are asked to surrender to the rhythm.

The Turning lives at the place where two vast worlds meet. On one side, black sand and crystals: the grounded, ancient magic of a shoreline that has weathered everything and is still here. On the other, the infinite depth of galaxy and open ocean, swirling together until they become indistinguishable. And between them, white seafoam, that soft, fleeting thing, dissolving one world into the other.

I wanted to hold both at once. The healing that the ocean carries, that primal pull we feel toward water, the way it washes something loose in us. And the wonder of deep space, that breathless feeling of smallness that somehow makes everything feel more meaningful, not less.

This piece is not about choosing between them. It is about the turn, the moment the tide shifts, the moment the familiar becomes something new. The push and pull of the universe, steady and ancient, happening with or without our permission.

The Turning belongs in a space where someone understands that healing and wonder are not separate destinations. They are the same shoreline, seen from different angles.

Acrylic on wood cradled canvas
24” x 36”

Real orchids, amethyst, quartz, resin, plaster, fiber optic lighting, Swarovski crystal rhinestones

$4,000

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.