Morning Calm

Morning Calm
acrylic, oil, interference pigments and textile on canvas
61.5 cm x 41 cm

Korea is referred to as "The Land of Morning Calm." My son Winter says "it got that name because no one gets up early here." I know better although I must admit, more people stay up late than get up early.

This painting captures truths about both perceptions. The city is neither fully lit, nor completely dark which for me captures Seoul in the dawn hours. Another New York; a city that never sleeps.

This will be my last painting in Korea for a while: we are all returning to Oahu on Boxing Day.  The last eighteen months have been my most productive to date. I completed sixteen important pieces in nearly as many months. The roll will continue when our household goods, with my easel, arrive back in Honolulu.

Close-ups (right) detail the textural gravity of this work.