This painting is #2 of the pair and it was inspired by the song written by Otis Redding. The longing in this song for something lost, sitting with these feelings and knowing that they too shall pass is so familiar to us. Sitting on the dock of the bay, observing the water constantly moving, glimmering, and hugging the objects that are in it, but never holding anything tightly in its grip. Like the proverbial "waters" of the mind, always flowing, but when we latch on to a thought or belief, that's when the struggle begins. I wanted to capture as if I am sitting on the dock of the bay with my feet in the water, watching the ripples coming in and going out and letting my thoughts flow with it.
Beeswax, damar resin, dry pigments and shellac on cradled wood panel
