In Orbit, a scene along the Russian River in Sonoma County unfolds with quiet warmth and suspended movement. Figures rest near the water’s edge, their gestures dissolving into the soft light of late afternoon. The atmosphere is languid yet attentive—an image of leisure that feels both personal and collective, as if drawn from memory rather than direct observation.

Matranga’s brushwork moves between transparency and opacity, allowing layers of color to settle like sediment over time. Pale greens, rose tones, and muted yellows drift together, describing neither full sun nor shadow but something in between—a moment of stillness as the day turns. The composition’s rhythm mirrors the slow pulse of the river itself: forms emerge, recede, and hover in the same visual current.

Despite its domestic scale, the painting carries a sense of the cosmic—its title, Orbit, suggesting that these resting bodies participate in a larger cycle of return and renewal. Matranga’s work often seeks this balance: between the intimacy of lived experience and the abstraction of memory, between observation and dream. Here, the Russian River becomes both a site and a state of mind—a place where time drifts, and where the act of looking becomes a kind of devotion.