Oil on Canvas, 60 × 52 inches, Unframed

The title is drawn from the poem, "Moments" by Mary Oliver, who writes:

" There is nothing more pathetic

than caution

When headlong might save a life,

even, possibly, your own."

There's a quality of commitment in this painting, of throwing yourself forward without quite knowing where you'll land. The brushwork is exuberant — splashes and marks that move fast, that don't second-guess themselves. Deep blues and fiery reds that bring to mind a sunset over open water, the horizon somewhere ahead.

I think of this as an ocean-scape more than a landscape — the sea as a state of mind, as a metaphor for setting out on a new path with more energy than certainty. That feeling of going headlong into something is one I find worth painting.

• Medium: Oil on Canvas
• Dimensions: 60 × 52 inches
• Condition: Unframed
• Origin: United States
• One-of-a-kind original

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