A few months ago I had a day I would relive over and over again if I could. My husband and I were on a trip to North Carolina and we drove the Blue Ridge Parkway for the first time. This was the most incredible experience. We happened upon this spot by accident. We had driven over an hour in the wrong direction and naively stopped at every viewpoint we could. Hindsight, this was the best mistake of the trip. The moment I snapped this picture I knew I would have to paint it. I felt on top of the world.

The title of this painting comes from the feeling I was having while driving this incredible stretch of road along the Blue Ridge Parkway. This entire day was like a life-goal reset. I felt lighter and more in tune with who I was than ever before. There was a moment of clarity that has stuck with me ever since and I knew I could not ignore it. Together we looked over this fence at opportunities. We could live anywhere, we could see anything, and we could do it together. This stretch of road made us consider what we really want, outside of what we simply know and are familiar with. This fence was not a boundary line, but a starting point.