A luminous and meditative composition, Steve Durkee's *Stern Light* employs oil and graphite on canvas to evoke a quiet, almost spiritual illumination emerging from darkness. The interplay of painted light and drawn line suggests both nautical imagery and an inner radiance, blurring the boundary between the physical and the transcendent. Durkee's signature fusion of materials lends the work a raw, contemplative texture that invites sustained reflection.