The Portal, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 16 x 20 in. / 40.64 x 50.8 cm.

The Portal, Elizabeth Beier, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 16 x 20 in. / 40.64 x 50.8 cm.

As my partner and I drove toward the Sandia Mountains the first day of December 2023, the swirling clouds above the mountains came to a single point. We speculated it might be a portal to another realm.