“Two Studies, Waiting for Winds of Change” explores the pause between what has been and what is about to begin. A lone sailboat rests with its sails luffing—canvas listening for a breeze—while autumn light settles on the water and a mirrored hull drifts across the surface. The scene is a meditation on reflection and readiness: looking back with clarity, facing forward with intent, and honoring the charged stillness before movement.

Presented in two treatments—one duotone, one full color—the pair investigates how palette shapes memory and expectation:

Duotone study: A restrained value range compresses the moment into tone and light, like a memory recalled in essentials. It emphasizes structure, quiet, and the boat’s inward breath.

Color study: Autumn golds, cool blues, and burnished reds open the scene to possibility. Color becomes the temperature of hope, suggesting the first stir of wind across the water.
Across both works, I kept forms simplified and edges soft to hold the viewer inside the hush of anticipation. The vertical reflection is a second subject—an echo that connects past and future in a single surface. The luffing sail is the hinge: an instrument tuned, not yet played.

My aim is to offer a space for viewers to dwell in that fertile interval—where reflection steadies us, and a change in wind invites the next course. If the sails are waiting, the choice is ours: when the wind comes, which way will we turn the bow?