Resilience | 20" x 20"

This painting was created for my "Rainbow Waves" solo show and was original displayed at Central Bank of Boone County. The show explored the dual ideas of rainbows as a representation of the joy of triumph over dark times, and waves as a representation of the relentless challenges we must navigate in life.   This piece, in particular, is a very personal expression of the cycles of depression and recovery I've dealt with in life. Neither happiness nor depression is permanent. Often, we're in varying states of either recovery or slipping back into our dark side. The final result of this painting is a snapshot in time, and the process of creating it is a metaphor for the cycling between happiness and depression.  The initial layers were bright and crisp areas of color. Then, additional waves were carved into the surface. Black oil paint was rubbed over the entire surface and then wiped away in an attempt to fill just the newly carved waved. But as the oil paint lifted, it unexpectedly too