The nautilus grows by adding chambers to its shell, sealing each one off as it outgrows it. What we see here is the record of that growth: a spiral of small rooms, each shaped by the one before.
There is something quietly moving about the shape. A life is made in stages, and the form we end up with carries everywhere we have been inside it.
This original painting is made on wood panel in deep blue, with a luminous quality that photographs only begin to capture. It brings a calm, focused energy to any space, particularly beautiful in a study, above a writing desk, or anywhere a steady, patient thing is welcome on the wall.
