Roadside Reveries is a collection for the daydreamers - for those who romanticize the everyday, look for a little whimsy in ordinary moments, and find themselves watching the clouds drift by.
It is for the people who love gazing out the window on a road trip, watching the scenery change as the miles pass by. The people who notice a beautiful patch of sunlight across a field, an interesting cloud formation, or a fleeting glimpse of something that makes them think, Oh, I wish I could stay here for just a little while.
That is what inspired this collection: those fleeting views that make us pause. The ones that make us wish we could stop time long enough to take in the beauty before the landscape changes and the moment becomes a memory.
Roadside Reveries is driven by the kind of beauty that asks nothing of us except to be noticed.
Some of the most beautiful moments happen in the middle of the most ordinary days.
This particular view came during an early morning drive into the café. The sun was just beginning to rise over the field, and the sky was breathtaking. A brilliant neon orange sun glowing against a sky filled with soft yellows, pinks, and oranges, with masses of blue clouds scattered throughout.
If I could have, I would have sat there all morning simply watching the sun continue to rise. I wanted to see how the colors would shift as sunrise slowly gave way to morning, how the clouds would change, and how the light would transform the field below. It was one of those fleeting views that makes you wish you could pause time for just a little while longer.
As soon as I saw it, I knew I wanted to paint it.
There is something wonderful about being reminded that even the most ordinary routines can hold little moments of beauty. The sun rises every morning. We have seen it countless times before. And yet, every sunrise is a little different.
That morning, something that happens every single day made my morning feel a little brighter and a little less mundane.
Sometimes all we have to do is look up and notice.
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