Description
“East of Eden” marks a major milestone in my studio—it was my very first attempt at a landscape piece. I wanted to keep the composition simple, bold, and incredibly vibrant, using thick, juicy paint layers to carve out a winding golden path that travels through rolling fields.
While I didn’t create this canvas intending for it to be a book illustration, it later became the absolute perfect backdrop layout for a very poignant moment in my children’s book, Wackadoodle the Poodle. Within the story, this is the page where Moe’s owners decide to put him out to pasture because he is old and decrepit. It stands as a sad, heavy page in the context of the book, but it shines as a beautifully vibrant, happy statement piece for the collector who purchased the original canvas. I always look back on this foundational landscape breakthrough with a lot of love, and hopefully, it will continue to grow in value over the years.