Arrival

Arrival
16x20 inch oil painting on textured masonite. 
Edged with mars black and varnished with Gamvar in a satin finish. Hardware installed for convenient displaying. 
 
A moody fog saturated river valley as viewed from near the frested cliffs edge. 
Alpine scattered in dense patches and dragons soaring high above give the viewer a sense of wonderment of what could be out there, if only they could just take a few more steps into the world. A blooming Queen Anne's Lace, symbolizing sanctuary, welcome the viewer to the world efore them, An animals skull a stark reminder of where we come from, where we go, ans the beauty that is simply existing in such a time. 
"If I go before you, lay me gently in the open air atop a mountian and allow me to be returned to the wild souls that roam our world. Give me a second life in the bellies of the crows, and rebirth me through the earth and the rain. see me in every fox that crosses your path, taste me in the dandelions, feel me on your cheeks as droplets of cold rain, and hear my song in the wind. Wouldn't that be beautiful? to return to which I came from and now that I am all around you, ever encompassing your soul with the breath of life. Born from the darkness of the womb and swallind in death by the dirt and earth, for is the ground not Mother Nature's womb?"