This is one of my latest 9x12s. The title is “El Roi” which means “the God who sees me” in Hebrew. I named it that because it is something that means a lot to me. I wasn’t trying to paint El Roi, but what the idea means to me. It is a complex concept, so to me there is nothing that can tell the story better than colors and shapes and shimmer. He sees me when I paint, when I write, when I’m in the middle of a nature hike or bike ride, out for a long run, in the middle of a storm or on the prettiest of days, in the eye of a hurricane or on top of the world. He doesn’t need for me to post a blog or Instagram pic for him to remember me. I don’t need him to press like or comment. He sees me and knows every hair on my head. It looks a bit odd I know in the top picture because the shimmer is hard to capture. I’m including a few more up close pics that show the shine and details below.