At the Height of a New Dream

A man standing on a summit. He has climbed it, and ahead of him there are more summits, higher, in mist.

“At the Height of a New Dream”, 100 × 75 cm, mixed media off canvas, in a frame I made for it.

The light is behind him. The figure reads as a silhouette: part of this world and separate from it at once.

Mist is the uncertainty new possibilities breed in. What is behind it, nobody can see from this point.

Sun pushes through the cloud. It always finds a gap, which I have checked many times.

The mountain he stands on is painted in detail, the far ones left as patches. That difference in finish makes the depth: the near can be touched, the far only guessed at.

The thought is plain. However high the summit you are standing on now, there is further to go.

He is not walking. He is standing and looking, and that is a separate skill few people learn.

It works over a desk, in an office or a study.