In this body of work, created in response to the theme “Transient Grace,” I explored the ephemeral nature of sunlight and its power to illuminate the inherent beauty of the everyday. I understand “transient” as ephemeral and passing, and “grace” as a gift of elevated awareness that is momentarily and unexpectedly bestowed, leaving gratitude and quiet wonder in its wake. Working primarily with objects from nature, some of which I encountered while travelling in Europe, I arranged and photographed still-life compositions to study their relationships in changing light. From these studies, I developed layered paintings built through translucent applications of paint, allowing complex textures and elusive qualities of light and shadow to emerge. The process is intuitive; I continue refining each work until it embodies the delicacy and luminosity I seek...