Drawing Tomorrow - Create
Medium: 24h x 36w in, Oil on Canvas
 
"Before we ever walk a path, we imagine it." - Melvin D Nix 
 
A child kneels quietly, chalk in hand, drawing a hopscotch board one number at a time. She pauses at five—a number often associated with change, growth, freedom, and the courage to move beyond what is familiar. She is not simply preparing a game. She is creating a journey.
Hopscotch teaches lessons long before we recognize them. 
 
Every square asks us to balance, every leap asks us to trust, every stumble reminds us that falling is not failure but part of learning how to continue. Drawing Tomorrow shows progress is rarely a straight line. Sometimes we must stand on one foot, sometimes we regain our footing, and sometimes we begin again. Yet every mark left behind becomes part of the path.
 
This painting invites us to remember the creative power we possessed as children—the ability to transform an empty sidewalk into a world of possibility with nothing more than imagination and belief. The chalk lines may wash away with the rain, but the courage to create them remains.