16” x 20” Framed
Acrylic on Canvas
2023
Living along the Bay, Chapin-McGill is surrounded by waters that carry centuries of movement, labor, and memory. In Signals Across the Bay, dark forms rise across a shifting horizon like distant markers guiding passage through uncertain waters. Subtle gold accents crown several of the abstracted figures. For the artist, these luminous marks suggest adornment and sovereignty — a quiet reflection on the possibility that those carried across oceans were not simply captives, but individuals of dignity, intelligence, and power whose histories were interrupted. The painting moves between geography and imagination. Pathways appear and dissolve across the surface, echoing the act of reading the water and trusting its signals. Across distance and time.
16” x 20” Framed
Acrylic on Canvas
2023
Living along the Bay, Chapin-McGill is surrounded by waters that carry centuries of movement, labor, and memory. In Signals Across the Bay, dark forms rise across a shifting horizon like distant markers guiding passage through uncertain waters. Subtle gold accents crown several of the abstracted figures. For the artist, these luminous marks suggest adornment and sovereignty — a quiet reflection on the possibility that those carried across oceans were not simply captives, but individuals of dignity, intelligence, and power whose histories were interrupted. The painting moves between geography and imagination. Pathways appear and dissolve across the surface, echoing the act of reading the water and trusting its signals. Across distance and time.
