The title Apricus suggests something touched by sunlight — exposed, warmed, briefly illuminated. In this small horizontal painting, a glowing orange horizon cuts through deep blues and shadowed water, while a strange green form hovers at the edge like architecture, memory, or apparition. The work feels suspended between night and day, storm and clearing, distance and arrival. Rather than describing a place directly, Apricus holds the sensation of light breaking through: fragile, cinematic, and quietly charged.
Kim A. Tolman, Apricus, 2024, Oil on Canvas, 12" x 24"