I’d never painted the ocean or clouds before, so I allowed myself time to float on this piece. After many many hours of work, procrastination and patience, finally here it is. The very first piece of a new series – The Wanderer’s Ocean.

I took this photo last year on an evening stroll along St Kilda beach when encountered this magnificent sunset. After a moment in awe, I caught myself feeling mildly disappointed when such a breathtaking view wasn’t a shared experience, as I always had a strong will to share the beauty of life’s offerings with the ones significant to me.

It took me a very long time and conscious work to finally understand: solitude is not in contradiction to togetherness, it is not a suggestion that we should walk this world alone, instead, it is the ultimate acknowledgment of one’s own significance. It is to acknowledge the wholeness of one’s own being and enjoy one’s own company first and foremost. It is the ability to feel, apprehend, experience and appreciate each interaction with the world in the status of independence.

When it is achieved, sharing becomes an ever pure connection among individuals, with no complication of reliance or fear of loss. When someone walks beside you at the sunset, you understand they might see an entirely different picture, and think that is exciting. When someone really sees you, they will see the ocean in you, feel the sunrise in you, dance to the music in you, they will share the sense of wonder with you and invite you to see, see their morning flowers, hear their whispering rain, touch their bonfire warmth…with joy, excitement and love. What then shared is way beyond a moment, a view or an experience, it is two already wholesome spirits enriching each other with essence of their own adventures.