Happenstance - Original Oil Painting

"Happenstance" is the sixth piece in a series of nine oil paintings completed in one afternoon. These immediately followed the "Striving" piece, which was the first painting I completed after enduring six years of topical steroid addiction and withdrawal syndrome, which was so severe that it prevented me from painting that entire time.

When I sat down to create for the first time, I wanted to paint impressionist landscapes, and other light hearted subjects like horses, which had always captured my attention. Instead, I was hit with with "what could have been" and "what should have been" both as an artist, and personally. Where would I be if I had those six years to hone my skills? This series began the abstract section in my portfolio, and the choice of pigments was intentional. Working with the raw nature of the canvas as the white source, I used a medium and one or two pigments throughout this collection while creating a texture which commemorated the broken, fissured skin I experienced in this season. Grief was unexpected. Yet, as the emotions swelled, I would take a word or phrase and meditate on it while painting. This became the title for each work in the abstract collection.


Important Note: If purchased, the painting will be available at the CCA Gallery location. 
111 W Main St #135, Carmel, IN 46032
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12"x12"x1.5" 
Oil on Canvas
July 2023