Retrospective Wave

20"x20"x1.5" Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas.

I've always loved water....can't ever get enough of swimming...I prefer drinking it over anything else....endlessly fascinated by its myriad forms and their perfectly graceful movements. I was in a bookstore in Nashville, TN(for a wedding)- I had decided I wanted to read some of Hunter Thompson's work. After picking out "Screwjack," I browsed through a good 1/3 of their art section, and then proceeded to the photography section...and after absorbing many images, I came across a book on waves. From the very first image in the book, I was transported.....I've always known how integral water is to our existence, but seeing it like this triggered a kind of epiphany-like long moment of recognition. The wave, as a symbol for this fluid and ever-changing moment, stood out in my mind and then my attention was pushed onto the very edge of the moment as it occurred...noticing every little sound in the store along w/ every minute movement I made. The waves in the book were like tangible and visible metaphors that deepened in that moment an already deep connection with "nowness" and grace.