At night, the ocean doesn't change. But I do. With no light to guide you, you're not just seeing anymore.  You are feeling, listening, reacting. This seascape is a painting of the ocean after sunset, during what I call the limbo hours.  That is when the world slows down and shadows become part of the art process itself.

Living just a few blocks from the ocean changes how you see things. I walk the beach almost every day, and what I see isn't always beautiful. My latest painting, 'Plastic Tide,' came from one of those post-storm walks where the beach was littered with so much plastic debris.

What I've learned from years of hiking and painting is that the outside in the foothills is that it awakens the wilderness within us. That untamed part of our creativity, our authentic emotions, our connection to something bigger than ourselves needs regular contact with nature.