oil and cold wax and gold leaf
12 x 12 inches in a black floater frame

This small painting speaks of pilgrimage.
The text is taken from Michael O’Brien’s novel, Island of the World.
“A voyage is a movement embraced by departure and arrival, 
an arc between speaking and hearing. 
More it asks of us than we of it. 
Look neither to your right nor to your left, my mariner; …”