Mixed Media on Wood Panel
Artwork: 12 × 12 inches.
Framed Dimensions: 14.5 × 14.5 inches.
Price includes white frame. Arrives ready to hang.
Layer by layer, the paintings kept evolving. Openings appeared. Thresholds emerged. Shapes and symbols began repeating themselves. I wasn't trying to tell a story, but eventually one started to reveal itself. As the series developed, I began seeing echoes of Anubis, the ancient guide associated with passage and transition. It felt as though a figure was quietly emerging from the work and inviting me to follow. Looking back, Guardian of Passage feels like the place where the journey begins. The next two paintings reveal where it leads.
BEYOND
Mixed Media on Wood Panel
Artwork: 12 × 12 inches.
Framed Dimensions: 14.5 × 14.5 inches.
Price includes white frame. Arrives ready to hang.
As the paintings in this series evolved, a story slowly began to reveal itself. The first piece felt like encountering a guide. This one felt different. It felt like arriving at a place of possibility. Doorways appeared. Openings emerged. Paths seemed to cross and overlap. I imagined standing here with a choice to make. Follow a doorway. Enter a portal. Wander down a different path. What mattered most to me was that none of the choices felt wrong. I wanted this painting to hold the quiet feeling that sometimes the next step doesn't have to be perfectly clear. Sometimes it's enough simply to begin.
Mixed Media on Wood Panel
Artwork: 12 × 12 inches.
Framed dimensions: 14.5 × 14.5 inches.
Price includes white frame. Arrives ready to hang.
As the paintings in this series evolved, a story gradually revealed itself. First came the guide. Then came the crossroads. This final painting felt different. It felt like reflection. I imagined standing in a place filled with windows, openings, and glimpses of possibility, but this time the journey turned inward. What do we see when we truly look at ourselves? In the upper left is an abstract navy image of Anubis in dog form. I never saw him as a judge or jury, but as a guide. A quiet presence watching over the journey and reminding us to look honestly at what lies within. For me, this painting became less about where the path leads and more about what we discover about ourselves along the way
I didn’t set out to tell a story with this series. I just kept painting, layer by layer, and let the work lead. Doorways appeared. Thresholds emerged. Shapes and symbols kept repeating themselves until it was clear they meant something. Somewhere along the way a story started to reveal itself, and I realized I was following it as much as I was making it.
It begins with a guide. In Guardian of Passage, I started seeing echoes of Anubis, the ancient guide associated with passage and transition. It felt like a figure was quietly emerging from the work and inviting me to follow. Looking back, this is where the journey begins.
Then comes the crossroads. The second painting felt like arriving at a place of possibility, with doorways, portals, and paths crossing and overlapping. I imagined standing there with a choice to make, and what mattered most to me was that none of the choices felt wrong. I wanted this piece to hold the quiet feeling that the next step doesn’t have to be perfectly clear. Sometimes it’s enough to simply begin.
The final painting turns inward. It’s filled with windows, openings, and glimpses of possibility, but this time the question is: what do we see when we truly look at ourselves? In the upper left, an abstract navy Anubis in dog form keeps watch. I never saw him as a judge or jury. He’s a guide, a quiet presence reminding us to look honestly at what lies within.
Together, these three paintings move from guide, to choice, to reflection. Beyond became less about where the path leads and more about what we discover about ourselves along the way.
