to catch the light

48 x 48 (1.5” deep)

2025

To Catch the Light captures a fleeting moment when light breaks across the surface of water — shimmering, dissolving, and reforming in quiet motion. Layers of translucent oil glazes build depth beneath the surface while soft reflections hover above, inviting the viewer into that delicate space where stillness and movement meet.

This painting is currently on view with Stephanie Breitbard Fine Arts in San Francisco, where it is being exhibited as part of their curated collection of contemporary works. Serious inquiries are welcome and will be connected directly through the studio.

Technique

Created in oil on canvas at 48 × 48″, To Catch the Light builds layer after layer of translucent glaze. Beginning with subtle warm under-tones that anchor the painting in light, I progressively lifted the surface into cooler aquas and gleaming brights. The brushwork is refined—feather-soft strokes that blur form just enough to keep the image hovering between abstraction and memory. The result: a surface that glows as though illuminated from within.

a note from laura

Working on To Catch the Light felt like listening to water rather than watching it. I found myself chasing the flash of sunlight that seems to travel just below the surface—how it arcs, lingers, fades. I wanted the painting to feel like standing at that threshold between motion and rest, where time stretches and light becomes the subject. In creating it I discovered something quietly hopeful—how light persists even in stillness.