With this painting, I begin to express the psychological-spiritual space of a personal life transition. The image for this piece appeared to me in a waking dream, so it is composed of symbols from the language of my subconscious, as explained below.

The entire disembodied figure represents a detachment from identity. The frame/head is a symbol for mind and the image within the frame gives a sense of both loss and acceptance. The tree has lost a major limb and seems to be dying, but it still stands strong, reaching up to the cloud in the sky.

The hanger and robe represent a detachment from all matters that hold us in place. And it gives the viewer a sense that something new will soon be worn.

On the left, a curtain that has been pulled back to reveal the main subjects of the painting like an "ah-hah" moment.

There are two light sources, one warm source from the right and a cooler light source light t up the cloud and tree within the frame. The curtain has been lit by both sources of light to denote a threshold space between physical and nonphysical - known and unknown - worlds.