I lay beside a lake full of cool, thick sweet water.

Mixed media on gessoed wood panel

18" x 18"

" I lay beside a lake full of cool, thick sweet water. I dive in and my body turns dark and shadowy. I can't rinse the water off. It covers every inch of me. Inside and out."

I write a lot. I always have. I'm trying to figure out the intersection between my writing and my art by using titles for my paintings that are excerpts from writing that I have done at the same time I worked on the specific painting.