Artist notes: My start is early in the company of other artists working on various projects half a world away. My iPad catches bits of sounds as we work together yet independently. The seashore feels far away but close to the surface of my internal waking tide line between sleep and consciousness. I begin by brushing in negative spaces with no previous drawing on a deep cadmium yellow ground. There is only soft daylight in the art studio at 6:30 am. I let it work with me as I mix soft neutrals and selectively place them in a manner that will leave me with an all over painting from the perspective of the child’s view. A little over an hour goes by and I have said goodbye to the other artists. I keep painting. Abstract bits of imagined sea soaked wood chips disrupt the painting surface. I am reminded that imperfections are often perfect.