This canvas has lived many lives. Over nearly two years it was painted, scraped back, and reworked several times, carrying traces of earlier ideas beneath the final surface. The finished piece holds hidden texture and a buried past under its newer layers, like memories that never fully disappear. It also carries a quiet commemoration of Japanese painting traditions that use silver and gold: silver catching and amplifying energy in daylight, and gold warming the atmosphere once evening falls. In soft night light, the gold areas glow gently, creating a calm, ambient feeling. The title, The wish, protects the mystery of something hoped for—both my own intentions and another person’s expressed wish—left deliberately unspoken so it can remain suspended in this moment
This canvas has lived many lives. Over nearly two years it was painted, scraped back, and reworked several times, carrying traces of earlier ideas beneath the final surface. The finished piece holds hidden texture and a buried past under its newer layers, like memories that never fully disappear. It also carries a quiet commemoration of Japanese painting traditions that use silver and gold: silver catching and amplifying energy in daylight, and gold warming the atmosphere once evening falls. In soft night light, the gold areas glow gently, creating a calm, ambient feeling. The title, The wish, protects the mystery of something hoped for—both my own intentions and another person’s expressed wish—left deliberately unspoken so it can remain suspended in this moment
