She emerges from the water with the gentleness of dawn over a calm sea.
Her form—fluid, luminous—is touched by the same shimmering alchemy that once lifted Aphrodite from the foam. Fabrics billow around her like pale surf, revealing and concealing with the ocean’s own discretion. The water gathers her in soft currents, as though the Nereids themselves guide her ascent.
There is a sensuous quiet to her presence:
a blending of myth and body,
of tide and breath,
of grace discovered rather than performed.
She carries the sea’s tenderness and its infinite pull—
a reminder that beauty can be born from turbulence,
and serenity can rise from the deepest blue.
Underwater photography, printmaking, pigment print, painting with pan pastels, oils, cold wax medium, pigment sticks, and encaustic wax
- Subject Matter: figurative