Still Pushing

Since I first started painting as a meditative practice, about 4 years ago, layered abstracts have been, and still are, a very common theme in my work. I've always 'built' the piece from the bottom up. The topmost part often depicts sky and/or trees, shrubs, plants, organic matter. I have a visceral feeling when I paint one; it's like pushing and pushing up from the depths of the earth until I break through to the light. Each painting I complete, serves as a record of my process to move up through the obstacles and reach the light. I find this approach restorative and energizing. One does what one needs to, to hang on to the positive. Here's a recent example.