Summer Solstice

Radiating from a quiet center, Summer Solstice was created to mark the solstice itself – when the Earth’s tilt toward the sun reaches its annual peak. This moment, observed since the Neolithic era, has long symbolized renewal, fertility, community, and triumph.

Built from hundreds of watercolor and gouache marks, the painting pulses outward in soft concentric waves.

I love summer – its energy, its light. It’s the season of ripe fruit, long evenings and swimming until dusk. This piece is a meditation on that joy, a celebration of the year’s brightest day.