Two Shadows That Flow Together

Two Shadows That Flow Together, 2025, 28 x 38 x 1.5 inches unframed, acrylic, flashe, LDPE, oil pastel on canvas  The Story Behind the Work Two Shadows That Flow Together, named after a Pablo Neruda poem, features textures built up from layers of monoprinting with plastic bags (LDPE), underneath a layer of tinted Burnt Sienna and ultimately topped with oil pastel markings, taking lead from the chance markings made during the monoprinting process."Every print is a result of contact and release, which links it immediately to themes of touch, presence, and intimacy but also loss, separation, and memory." – Jennifer L. Roberts, art historian, HarvardWe live in a time of overwhelming speed — digital immediacy, rapid production, and a barrage of news updates. Nature, in contrast, moves at its own pace. Glaciers form over centuries, forests regenerate over decades, and landscapes shift in ways that are imperceptible to us yet are made apparent over time. I feel the contrast in timescales betw