Original Painting | The Pause | Crossing: 1.7 | 160 x 100 cm Framing Option:White Oak Floating Framed (+3cm) (5.5cm depth) A figurative river landscape where

A figurative river landscape where a lone figure stands at the edge of blue water against towering white rock

They are all the same moment — the moment when understanding is complete and you realise you have not yet lived any of it

The figures are not posing — they are being moved

Looking back

Original Painting | The Pause | Crossing: 1.7 | 160 x 100 cm Framing Option:White Oak Floating Framed (+3cm) (5.5cm depth) A figurative river landscape whereTitle: The Pause Paradox: Nothing left to do, everything complete The Story I painted trees that had stopped. Not dying finished. They had done their growing, their reaching, their holding. What was left was the bare truth of their shape. I recognised myself in them. There comes a moment when the work is done and you stand in the space that is left. Not empty. Complete. The Crossing Crossing 1. 7 Dormancy via Living Dao The Body Surrenders. The trees