Description
So Grounded, I Think One Day You Might Fly
From the Take Flight Series
A figure stands firmly rooted, her dress cascading into the earth like woven roots, grounding her in strength and presence. Above her, a trio of brown pelicans takes flight, their wings cutting across a gold-streak sky that visually connects the birds to the figure. She is drawn to their freedom. The image creates tension between vertical and horizontal movement: She looks upward as they move across.
This painting explores the paradox of being both grounded and longing to soar—the tension between stability and transformation. The figure is not in motion, yet the possibility of flight hovers close in the form of the pelicans, an inspiration her groundedness (ironically) allows her to see.
“So Grounded, I Think One Day You Might Fly” holds space for that tender moment before change, when rootedness becomes the very strength that allows us to let go.