Ancient Light

This light has been here longer than any of us.

A massive sun rises behind a range of dark, gold-edged mountains, its warm amber and orange glow radiating outward in long dramatic strokes against a deep black sky. The peaks are layered and angular, catching just enough light at their edges to remind you they are still there, still standing, as they have always been. And at the base of it all, barely visible but absolutely present, a small waterfall finds its way through — quiet, persistent, unstoppable.

The sun does not rise for an audience. It simply rises. As it has every single day, long before anyone was watching, and long after we are gone.

Some things do not need our attention to be magnificent.

This painting was created in a guided instructional setting. While the composition was instructor-led, every brushstroke is my own, painted with joy and a whole lot of color.