The Restless Pond

The water does not sleep. Even in stillness, it stirs restlessly — indigo, violet, and crimson colliding in waves of shifting light. It is a surface alive with memory, a mirror that refuses to remain still. Each brushstroke carries the rhythm of wind across water, the pulse of nature refusing silence. 

Upon this restless pond, the lilies take their place. Green pads anchor themselves against the movement, holding fast like rafts adrift on a tide of color. Blossoms rise in fragile defiance, their petals soft as whispers yet unyielding to the chaos around them. They do not shout; they endure. 

This painting tells a story of resilience and beauty, of fragility finding strength, of serenity refusing to vanish in the face of turbulence. It is the meeting of two truths — that chaos and calm can exist side by side, that beauty can be both fleeting and eternal. The restless water carries its motion forward, but the lilies remain, luminous and unwavering.

Oil on stretched canvas.
36” x 24”