Hold the day light (Original, Signed and Framed)

Painting Size: 65cm x 50cm

Oil Painting on Fabriano Oil Paper

I'm not sure how I arrived at the title for this painting, it just kind of came to me.  So often, and I include myself here, we load expectations into our lives, what we might expect from ourselves and others.  And of course what is expected from us in order to survive, earn a living and hopefully flourish - as individuals, within our families and communities.  Typically, there is always something that needs our attention and it can feel like a kind of weight, a gravity of swirling thoughts.  

In reality everything that lies ahead isn't worth the over thinking, easy to say I know, in a world that currently seems to be designed for worry. All the thoughts and heavy expectations, with practice, we can simply let go, as we can with what has retreated in our pasts. These are the things I remind myself of everyday, as I try and make progress as painter, which is a precarious life. 

In this painting I wanted to create a sense of that feeling, of walking toward a beautiful, graceful light that flutters through the trees.  I've tried to capture dandelion seeds caught in a shard of light piercing through a gap in the trees.  Everything is bright in this painting. Loosen your grip. Be weightless. Hold the day light.

'No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.' Alan Watts

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