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Yet I Will Still Hope

Yet I Will Still Hope

Lorraine Simonds Squamish, BC
23x19inframed
Price

C$1,800

Shipping Cost
Free pickup is available from our Vancouver Gallery, or shipping can be provided for additional cost.
We also offer an installment payment program and art installation services: contact us for more details.
About the Artwork

My drysuit dive through Silfra - one of the few places on earth where you can swim between two drifting tectonic plates - the North American and Eurasian plates. The water, precipitated in the era of the Vikings, is glacial melt over a thousand years old, filtered through volcanic rock to create the clearest water in the world, with visibility reaching up to 100 metres.

Floating weightlessly through narrow rocky corridors - suspended between continents, layered in thick drysuits and heavy weights against the near-freezing waters - was both surreal and deeply humbling. Immersed in a space where the earth itself is pulling apart, I was struck by the tension, the vulnerability, and yet, the unseen strength that upheld me.

Life often feels like standing in those deep trenches - weighted, submerged, caught between forces beyond ourselves - yet still carried by something greater. Even in the deepest cracks, even where the earth splits, hope is not extinguished - I have witnessed it.

Technique:Watercolour on Cotton Paper Mounted on Cradled Panel
Contents:Nature, Outdoors, Adventure, Leisure Activities, Person, Scuba Diving, Sport, Water, Adult, Male, Man, Smoke Pipe, Photography, Face, Head, Portrait
Details & Dimensions
Edition:Original, one of a kind artwork
Framed Size:23in x 19in
Unframed Size:21.5in x 17.5in
Frame:Framed
Weight:10.6lbs (estimated)
Shipping & Purchase
Free pickup is available from our Vancouver Gallery, or shipping can be provided for additional cost.
Standard shipping is via Canada Post ground. Typically, packages sent within Canada are received in 5-12 days. For expedited shipping, please contact us for a quote.
A payment program is available with three equal installments- we can work together to support artists and your budget! Contact us for details.

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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