Lines in Blue: Between Stillness and Drift

Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 4ft x 4ft
Creation Date: 2020

Lines in Blue (2020), from my ReThink Collection, is a quiet meditation on rhythm, imperfection, and emotional presence. This 48 x 48 inch acrylic on canvas features a field of pale, muted tones interrupted by a series of uneven blue lines. These lines drift horizontally across the canvas, hovering somewhere between order and release — like breath patterns, ocean waves, or lingering thoughts that refuse to settle.

While the initial impression may suggest repetition or structure, the painting quickly subverts that expectation. The lines are not machine-perfect. They waver, pause, dissolve, and resume — never quite the same from one gesture to the next. They hold a vulnerability that resists mechanical rhythm and instead honors the body's imperfections. This is not about rigidity. It’s about presence — the kind of presence that falters, listens, and leaves space.

In creating Lines in Blue, I found myself deeply influenced by the work of Agnes Martin, whose minimalist grids convey a profound sense of stillness and spiritual attunement. Like Martin, I see the line as more than a formal element — it's a register of being. A pulse. A momentary trace of the maker. But whereas Martin’s grids often aim for balance and transcendence, Lines in Blue allows for drift. It embraces human unevenness, the kind of motion that carries feeling.

This painting is about what happens in the gaps — the spaces between the lines, the silences between gestures. It's an invitation to pause and pay attention to subtle shifts, to emotions too quiet for words. There is no story here, no climax. Just movement, repetition, and release — a visual poem composed in blue, where every mark is a breath, and every pause is part of the rhythm.