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3/23/2022

Shine Down on Me 5x5" Mini, Sold

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​Shine Down on Me mini painting. Oil on panel 5x5”. SOLD.

This painting was inspired by someone who sent me a photograph the other day. I didn’t realize I needed it at the time, but the imagery and the genuine joy on their face lifted me up. 
And, like so much of my work, it was also inspired by music.
Particularly, this song “Shine” by Jagwar Twin which randomly came on my radio. The last time I saw or even heard Jagwar Twin was right before the world got very dark in 2019.
They were on tour with lovelytheband and flora cash and it was one of my last fond memories of live music.
I was thinking of captioning this with the lyrics but I ran into this statement by Roy English in an interview which I found much more heartening (Sorry to my illiterate followers.. this is another long format, it’s worth it though)

“I wrote ‘Shine’ a couple of years ago when the collective thought was ‘this couldn’t possibly get any worse!’” English said. “I was hanging out watching ‘Troy’ with Brad Pitt. A lot of war and killing people in that movie, so I wanted to write a chorus that felt happy, like the sun rising.☀️
 I wrote the chorus there on my voice memos. 
My thought was that even in dark times, there is always light if you want to find it. 
There’s love in every moment
 if you know where to look.”
✨

I hope you recognize the light when it hits you.





Maybe that’s the hidden purpose behind the human drive to create; be it a song, painting, story, conversation, or family. We learn who we are through creation and we create with every breath, every thought, and every deed. We are not defined by what we do, but by who we are. - Jagwar 
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