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"Emily Dickinson: I Dwell in Possibility", acrylic on gesso board, Bishop Maxim, 2026
Emily Dickinson is portrayed as a figure of inward attention, suspended between solitude and revelation, as though she dwells in possibility and listens to eternity. Her tilted head and luminous gaze suggest the intensity with which she attended to the hidden life of ordinary things, discovering within them worlds larger than the sky. Vibrant oranges, golds, violets, and greens transform the portrait into a visual counterpart to her poetry, where a certain slant of light reveals mystery and wonder within the familiar.
Rather than depicting the poet in a historical setting, the painting seeks to evoke the imaginative and spiritual realm from which her enduring voice arose. Here, the soul selects its own society, inhabiting a space where forever is composed of nows, and where the visible world becomes a threshold to the infinite. Through color and expression, the portrait invites the viewer into that inward landscape of possibility that remains at the heart of Dickinson’s poetic vision.