Eye in the Sky

Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 6ft x 6ft
Creation Date: 2024
Collection: Out of Darkness

Eye in the Sky (2024) gazes back — a celestial presence both protective and strange. At 72 x 72 inches, this large-scale oil painting from the Out of Darkness collection brings together cosmic mystery and psychic intimacy. The eye, rendered in sweeping gestures, appears suspended — floating in the upper third of a swirling, darkened space.

The palette is restrained but dramatic: deep ultramarines, smoky charcoal, and a central glowing white that defines the iris. The forms ripple outward like lightwaves or gravitational pull. Around the eye, the texture grows stormy — marked with dense brushwork, scumbling, and layered oil glazes that radiate presence.

I painted Eye in the Sky while contemplating perception — not what we see, but what sees us. The eye here is not about surveillance or paranoia. It’s about awe. The sense of being witnessed by something larger, and the comfort or disquiet that can bring.

This work draws energy from the metaphysical explorations of Anselm Kiefer and the mythic symbolism of Leonora Carrington. Like them, I believe a painting can operate as portal — not to a literal place, but to a felt state.

Eye in the Sky doesn’t stare you down. It welcomes your gaze and reflects it back.