Houghton Lake Evening is one of two panels of an acrylic painting of the lake after a storm, with waters still turbulent and dark, the clouds breaking apart and reflecting the last sunset. These two paintings echo each other in vast horizons of water and sky, shifting between calm and movement. The deep blues of the waves call out, while the soft grays and whites of the clouds respond. Like the blues in music, they create a dialogue—melancholy and serene, distant yet connected. Stand between them, listen, and feel the rhythm of the water.