New Horizons

After a years-long hiatus, I was inspired to pick my acrylic paints back up after seeing incredible work by Lisa Nooin.

She starts each of her paintings with an underpainting of vibrant magenta. I was drawn to this approach because it feels joyful, and it eradicates the paralyzing fear one can get from staring at a stark white canvas.

While I knew I wanted the imagery to be a reclined silohuette transformed into a mountainous horizon, I didn't know exactly what I was creating (or how it would take shape logistically) until it unfolded before my eyes.