The Finished Piece

Well, i thought I'd just upload the finished art work. It's been snowing (the worst in twenty years apparently) and I think the cold evenings have informed part of this piece. It reads across the top... " belief in the appearance of crystal light from the unexpected moments of darkness". This basically represents my hope (and on ocassions my experience) that we can emerge with new insights and greater clarity from those dark and difficult times in our lives. I put the words in a place/ shape to echo a halo, because in those moments some faith in that is needed. Her clothing has a 'snowy' feel with tinges of blue to her skin to reflect feelings of being cold and alone, with stars representing light present (seen or unseen) in those moments. I tell you though, it can be hard to keep that hope as sometimes things are difficult and problems can feel so huge that real solutions feel impossible to find.