Origin of 'Lake Mead Eclipse'

This piece began with a real moment. I was at Lake Mead with the woman in the image. I dove to the bottom of the lake and looked up at the sun through the water. Just as her body passed overhead, she eclipsed the sun - and I captured that instant on a camera. 

Later, I walked to the shore and gathered a handful of sand, some dark soil, and a green rock. I crushed the rock into pieces, and using those materials - sand, dirt, and stone from that exact place - I recreated the moment. Lake Mead Eclipse memorializes the beauty of a brief intersection: body, sun, water, and time.

I created two version of this - One is using the sand, rock and soil, glued to wood. The other is created on Bristol Board using oil paints.