sea of stars

30 x 30 (1.5” deep)

2026

In Sea of Stars, a column of sunlight cuts through deep water, scattering into hundreds of small points of brightness across the surface. The palette shifts from pale, sun-struck blue at the top to a rich, saturated indigo below - the kind of depth that seems to hold light rather than reflect it. Each glimmer feels caught mid-motion, as if the sea itself is breathing in starlight and giving it back, drop by drop.

$3,400

Technique

Executed in oil on canvas (48 × 36″), Sea of Stars was built through successive glazes, moving from the lightest passage at the top edge into the deep blues that anchor the bottom of the canvas. The scattered highlights were applied in small deliberate touches, allowing each point of light to sit just above the surface of the water - luminous without disrupting the stillness beneath.

a note from laura

There's a particular moment on open water, late in the day or early in the morning, when the light breaks apart on the surface and scatters in every direction - like the sea has swallowed the sky's stars and is slowly releasing them back. Sea of Stars came from chasing that feeling: the sense that depth and brightness can exist in the same breath, that something vast and quiet can also sparkle. It's one of my favorite kinds of light to paint - fleeting, scattered, and somehow eternal all at once.