Tool for Holding a Vanishing Horizon

This is a calm, patient painting. From its beginning in 2023 to its completion in 2026 its changes were glacial. The painting and I had long periods of looking at each other. I liked the initial steps so much that I couldn't go anywhere, but I knew it needed something else.

It seems almost insane but the only thing I added for one year was an orange paint drip on the top right-hand corner and a touch of green at the bottom right. Earlier this year I was drawing from an old 18th-century book on nature illustrations when I had the idea to add an abstract plant form. I wanted a particular green, so I tried loads of different ones until I found the one that would truly resonate with the large pink area. Then I held my breath and went for it.

I always sensed the top right-hand corner was a little unresolved. There was a yellow towel drying nearby. When I saw it I knew that corner needed a yellow dot. It is fitting that a painting so quiet would be completed with the quiet power of a small yellow circle.