This painting was commissioned by Pamela Decker and Albany Records for the cover of Dr. Decker's 2016 album, "Haven: Songs of Mystery and Memory."  I used dichroic pigments, so the painting changes with the light; it can be evocative of a brilliant day or a bright night lit by a full moon, depending on the viewer's impression and/or the light source under which the viewer sees it.  I also forged a pure silver disc to represent the sun/moon, and surrounded it with vintage Swarovski crystals, representing stars, the passage of time, or the clarity of thought and transcendence referenced in the title, taken from a famous Zen poem.

Here is the blurb from the album's liner notes:

“Ten Thousand Miles Without a Cloud” references an ancient Chinese poem often cited in Zen Buddhism and Chanoyu, the Japanese Tea Ceremony.  Carr had been meditating on the concept for several weeks when Dr. Decker gave him an advanced copy of this CD.  Utterly inspired, he painted the piece while listening to it, capturing colors, emotions, and themes he felt in the music.  The painting includes a hand-forged disc of pure silver along with vintage Swarovski crystals, and is painted on a found canvas, a recurring theme in Carr's work.  [NOT FOR SALE]