Jeep I
Materials: Hand-stretched canvas, acrylic paint, a growing resentment toward the cold, the rare warmth of a winter sun, gravity and nature working in tandem, deep appreciation, and a much-needed dose of awe.
Dimensions: 24x38
Series: None
Year: 2019
Price: $2,533
It was a rare sunny winter day—the kind that tricks you into thinking it might be warm until you step outside. I was parked in the grocery store lot, mentally preparing for the cold slap of air between me and the entrance, when something caught my eye.
To my right, perfectly framed at eye level, was a light blue Jeep Cherokee. Not the modern kind, not a Laredo, and definitely not one of those “Grand” ones. This was the Cherokee, the original. And for its age? Immaculate.
But what really got me wasn’t the condition—it was the story streaked across its door. Where a newer model would have some thick plastic moulding, this one had something better: proof of adventure. Fresh snow had left its clean imprint first, then the slush and street grime layered in, turning it into an abstract landscape in motion.
It was perfect. A reminder that beauty isn’t always polished—it’s lived-in, earned, and unexpected. And just like that, my creative cup was full again, enough to carry me through the cold walk ahead.