What does it feel like to be so refreshed in life that your soul feels clean? That's the premise that I started with when painting 'Jakob's Sea'. With art, one can take on a process of creation that really over takes the imagination of the artist and in the end the art piece creates insight that changes the artist himself; at least that is what happened with this painting. Life can be really rough on us, and at times we ask ourselves, 'Am I going to make it through this?', certainly like the feeling of being caught in a storm. A personal situation can put us to the test, to our very core. It is the revealing of our greatest strengths, weaknesses, and what we ultimately value in life. May we take on the storms of life, may they reveal and wash away the worst of us, not only to be cleansed but to come back even more powerful.

-Clayton Bray

See 'Jakob's Sea' here http://dclaytonbray.com/2009.php