'He Is There In The Joy' 5x7 inch original painting

An original painting sized 5x7 inches titled 'He Is There In The Joy'.  The fifth ‘word of the year’ painting. This one is for the word ‘joy’. I was pleasantly surprised to see how many people chose this word for their 2024 ‘word of the year’. Because I have struggled so much throughout my life with my mental health, a lot of my paintings address struggle, healing, and finding solace in the Savior. Painting is how I work through my emotions, so I am often painting during a difficult trial or hard period of my life. My paintings help me get through my hard times, and in turn I hope that they help others through their hard times. However, because of this, I don’t have a ton of paintings about joy. This was a super unique opportunity, and a challenge for me to figure out how to depict joy.  I though about the times I feel the most peace and joy. It has been when I am out in nature, eyes closed, breathing in the clean air, taking a break from anything that burdens me. I imagined myself doi