Please take a moment to enjoy the story - the thoughts behind this painting.

"Shrine"  

The idea for this work arose from a poem that I wrote:

I carved a shrine for you in my heart,
created a place for your adoration,
but you refused to enter it;
you would not even come to look.
The empty space you left waits, still.
My soul tends silent vigil there,
beside the empty sanctum's arch.
And though some distant god may grant
with endless ages this still life,
each lovingly engraved relief
will crumble, colors fade, the dust
will gently fill each niche
and my sole purpose go unfulfilled.