Awakening was created around the time I finished Denouement. What I like about this work is that they idea is fully developed, though monochromatic. It gives you a very good idea of how I worked my principal paintings at this time in their monochromatic stage. The model was a dear friend who was embarking on a new career in the arts; she as scared, yet terribly excited. I did the studies for this during a summer month in Italy. The idea here is that she wakes up early and looks out the window overlooking a beautiful landscape and contemplates her new horizons.

Lithography is a fascinating medium. The artist draws or paints with a special ink on a stone, the stone goes through an acid etching, then it is rolled ink and prints on paper. Awakening is actually created by the printing of two separate stones.