Nyssa

This is another painting in my “Woman in …” series. This is about fear; being trapped by and being liberated from. I was thinking about near death experiences and about how your perspective radically shifts at that moment. How things that were so important become meaningless and how the things that were holding you back are suddenly revealed as no big deal. In an instant, your life can change forever. And all the stuff you think is is critical may actually be a waste of time. And all the limitations you put on yourself were artificial and there really was a way you could have done everything you thought you wanted. The fears that were imprisoning you collapse. So, in that one moment you’re released from all the trivial experience and are free to welcome a new perspective.

Acrylic on canvas. 40″ x 30″. Started July 2008, completed September 2008.