Muldoon

Awake, Grounded, and Watchful

There are moments in life when clarity doesn’t come from certainty, but from trust.

Muldoon is the first completed work in a private commission series for a home currently being built in an exclusive club coined Marcella, Park City—a project that began during a season of deep personal transition for me. At the time, I was navigating uncertainty, questioning direction, and asking what the next chapter of my life and work should look like.

What I felt clearly was this: I needed to return fully to my art.

What I didn’t yet know was how that would become possible.

The Opportunity That Changed Everything

Around that time, I met with close friends Todd and Rebecca Astill. What began as a conversation turned into an unexpected proposal. They were building a home intended for the Park City Showcase of Homes and envisioned filling it exclusively with original artwork—my artwork.

They didn’t just offer a commission.
They offered trust.

Todd and Rebecca opened their home to me, providing a place to live, a space to paint, and the freedom to execute this series fully. Their belief allowed me to focus entirely on the work during a moment when stability mattered most.

Muldoon is the first painting created under that trust.

Muldoon as Symbol

This piece is a triptych, measuring 72” x 48” overall (24”×48”, 36”×48”, 24”×48”), painted in oil on canvas.

The moose stands forward-facing—awake, grounded, and watchful. Neither aggressive nor passive, it holds its space with quiet authority. In many traditions, the moose represents steadiness, self-reliance, and patience.

For me, Muldoon became a symbol of resolve during transition.
Not force.
Not speed.
But presence.

Color Chording:Awake My Soul

Muldoon is Color Chorded to“Awake My Soul” by Mumford & Sons.

Color Chording is a process I developed to translate musical structure—tone, rhythm, and emotional cadence—into color relationships within a painting. Rather than illustrating a song, the goal is to harmonize visual energy with musical intention.

Awake My Soul carries themes of awakening, humility, endurance, and forward movement. Those qualities guided the palette and pacing of this work, reinforcing the sense of calm strength and inner resolve present in the piece.

This painting is not meant to be loud.
It is meant to be awake.

A Foundation Piece

Every long-form project needs a first stone set carefully and intentionally. Muldoon serves that role for Marcella Vision—a foundation piece for a broader body of work that will eventually be revealed within a home designed to tell a cohesive story.

This work exists because of generosity, faith, and the willingness to say yes when the path forward isn’t fully visible yet.

Sometimes the work doesn’t follow certainty.
It follows trust.