Not For Sale
Live Jurying Item #1
Sometimes I catch myself making choices I know aren't serving me. Preferring familiar busyness over vulnerable rest. Choosing to grumble, entertain complaints, feed that oddly comfortable negative loop.
Wanting to be right instead of saying sorry.
[Selah]
But there's beauty in certain rituals—washing yourself in truth. These quiet moments show cleansing is possible, helping us surrender whatever we're holding that causes distress.
When you find yourself uncovered, desperately needing covering. When staying becomes more painful than letting go.
The struggle isn't pretty—pressed against self-made obstacles. Yet there's hope. Sometimes we close our eyes to truly see.
Technique: | Watercolour |
Contents: | Head, Person, Photography, Face |
Edition: | Original, one of a kind artwork |
Framed Size: | 8.5in x 11.5in |
Unframed Size: | 7in x 10in |
Frame: | Framed |
Weight: | 3.0 lb |
Lorraine Simonds
Squamish, British Columbia
My work is drawn to the places where light feels hidden – places marked by ache, quiet questions, or things unsaid. I tend to linger there, not out of despair, but because I believe beauty and hope can penetrate the dark and change everything.
"It only takes a single photon of light to pierce utter darkness – just one. In a world that can seem to grow dimmer, I paint to reveal, not manufacture, that quiet, unrelenting presence of light – a real hope grounded in truth."