A woman stirs from slumber, as sunlight pours in. Bold, flowing lines create a sense of movement and tension, as your eyes are drawn across her form, and she reluctantly begins to wake. This painting carries with it the quiet strength of a woman who has accepted her fate, and continues to move forward, upward. A distinctive aspect of the painting is its dual orientation: Viewed in landscape, she simply lies on a bed beside a window. Yet when turned to portrait, she appears to drift upward, from the depths of the ocean. Each perspective offers a different reading of the same moment: one grounded in reality, the other suspended in a dream.