This small-format work layers vivid acrylic underpainting with translucent resin to create depth and luminosity; a blue bird settles among stylized plants rendered in loose, organic strokes while a black, ethereal “ghostbird” edges in from behind, its hard edges encapsulated beneath a glossy resin coat to suggest movement and apparition. The cradled birch panel’s solid, smooth surface lends stability and a clean edge, allowing the resin to pool and refract light across the composition, emphasizing contrasts between the saturated blues of the nesting bird and the whisper-like presence of the Ghostbird. At this scale, textural details—brushwork, layering, and subtle inclusions trapped in resin—invite close viewing, turning a compact scene into an intimate study of presence, memory, and the interplay between material solidity and spectral suggestion.

Acrylic paint and epoxy resin on a cradled birch panel, 7" height x 5" width x ¾" depth,