Low Tide

16x20, Oil on Canvas, 2025 

A small boat sits marooned on a cracked, sun-baked expanse—an object built for water left behind by the tide. Curled against it is an octopus, a creature defined by movement and depth, now clinging to what remains. The sky stretches wide and calm, offering no urgency, only quiet witness.

This painting reflects on endurance in the aftermath of change—the instinct to hold on when the world shifts beneath us. There is a tension between vulnerability and resilience, loss and persistence, as life adapts to conditions it was never meant to face. The scene feels both dreamlike and prophetic, inviting contemplation rather than resolution.

Created in oil, this work rewards slow looking. Subtle transitions in the sky and land contrast with the tactile cracks of the earth and the intimate gesture of the octopus, drawing the viewer into a moment suspended between past tides and uncertain futures.

Custom Walnut floating frame included.