That Which is Good

2023

Oil and charcoal on canvas

40” x 30”

One of the transcendentals is the innate longing for that which is good. When I think of goodness as seen in our broken human lives on earth, my mind settles on the way children enjoy the world, and the sweet serenity of working in the outdoors, hands and clothes spotted with earth. This piece is based on a photo of my aunt and I when I was young in some small way answering the soul’s desire for goodness in the planting of flowers in spring.