Release (2026)
From The Stages of Becoming Series 
Watercolor on Paper Framed 20.5” x 28.4” 
 
What we surrender, we must eventually release.
 
A solitary woman walks through a vast, desert-like landscape beneath the darkness of night. Her silhouette moves forward, surrounded by an expanse that is unfamiliar, barren, and seemingly endless. Yet she continues.
 
Her clothing is transparent and flowing, responding to the winds that move around her. The fabric becomes a visual metaphor for the things we carry—the identities, memories, fears, expectations, and attachments that once defined us but are now being loosened by the winds of change.
 
She is walking through the dark night of the soul—that mysterious space between who we were and who we are becoming. It is the valley of transformation, where the familiar has been stripped away and the destination has not yet revealed itself.
 
But she is not standing still.
 
Release is the act of allowing what no longer belongs to us to leave. It is trusting the movement of life enough to loosen our grip, even when we cannot see what lies ahead.
 
The desert represents the emptiness that can appear when an old version of ourselves has fallen away. The darkness represents the unknown. The wind represents change.
 
And the woman represents the courage to keep walking.
 
Because transformation is not only about becoming something new.
 
Sometimes, it begins by becoming willing to let go of what we can no longer be.