Joy - Light, 40" x 30"

Acrylic Paint and Mixed Media on Canvas

Joy is a quiet, inner light—born not from perfection, but from presence, connection, and the moments that remind us we're alive.

To some, it’s a gift—welcomed, embraced, a reminder that life is still beautiful.
To others, it feels fragile—something too good to last, or too distant to trust.

Our perception shapes joy.
It can lift us or make us afraid to feel too much.
But when we allow it in, even briefly,
Joy becomes a gentle kind of bravery—
a soft defiance in a world that so often tries to steal our light.