Spring 2024, studying the explosive energy released from a tightly held point—the moment a geode cracks open or the precise instant a supernova radiates light.

The goal was to visualize that release of energy. The technique involves building a rough, granular, high-density core using thick, stippled impasto.

Then, using a large, flexible palette knife, sweeping the heavy paint outwards from the center in one fast, uncorrected motion, ensuring the final strokes are long, textured, and deeply channeled, giving the impression of light rays or petals being violently pulled outward.