Invitation

There is Light, and reflection. Every day, in our everyday surroundings we can see Light doing it's strange and marvelous thing, inviting us, or possibly warning us, depending on the color. Brilliant white contains all of the known colors, and then some that we cannot see naturally. Imagine that! Things that we cannot see with our eyes, yet they are there.

Here, we have light that beckons. In reality, the other side of this door is our sunny front porch that faces the south exposure. Even on a very cold winter day, such as the day that this piece was finished, if it's sunny, the porch is habitable. But in any case, it always beckons to me, the Light.

Inside the house, there is family, there is belonging, there is sacrifice for one another. With that knowledge, going outside into the Light is not threatening at all, but a greatest desire. You can go out the door into the day and know that your home life has your back. Will you reach for the knob? It is not locked.

This piece is 12.75x15.75x1.5 in. Oil on Birch wood panel. All of my wood panels are hand made by me, and have supports that make them absolutely flat and sturdy. This one is currently in a bare wood frame that is 2.5 inches wide and 1.5 inches deep, also hand made by me in my garage/shop. I've learned that the router is a good thing to own, along with a 13" shop planer, a large table saw...etc etc. Woodworking is now an official part of my artwork, although originally not intended. I guess that's part of stepping out the door too, you don't always know or can anticipate what's going to go on out there.

Stephen