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Live Jurying Item #2
Perplexed but Not Despairing is a deeply personal self-portrait, painted in a season of turbulent change. After years of city life, relentless busyness, and crushing pressure, I found myself unraveling—my health, mind, and relationships crumbling under the weight of stress. I had no choice but to step back and reassess.
Inspired by Corrie ten Boom’s words, “If the devil cannot make us bad, he will make us busy,” this painting marks my decision to halt—to choose simplicity over striving and shed the unnecessary adornments of a lavish but burdened life.
| Date: | August 2024 |
| Technique: | Watercolour on Cotton Paper Mounted on Cradled Panel |
| Styles: | Fine Art, Figurative, Realism, Modern |
| Contents: | Neck, Face, Head, Person, Photography, Adult, Male, Man |
2024 Works on Paper
| Edition: | Original, one of a kind artwork |
| Framed Size: | 21.5in x 17.5in |
| Unframed Size: | 20in x 16in |
| Frame: | Framed |
| Weight: | 5.0 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."
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