The Meadows 24x24 I painted this to hang

I painted this to hang on my living room wall

where the drastic oscillating contrasts of light and dark found a middle ground and locked into place

She asked if we could talk

She wore an emerald green dress that day

and I’ll never be able to go back to using the light as the narrative to spark connection and detail

The Meadows 24x24 I painted this to hangI still remember how it felt, to drive away from the suburb I grew up in and across the country to my new home. My silvery green VW Beetle was packed to the brim with posters, art, crystals, stuffed animals, and house plants. I loved one thing about my destination Las Vegas. It was the palm trees. And the way there were mountains in every direction I looked. And how mostly, none of my terrible decisions were there. Id joke Im from the flat land. Its