Dandelion

Watercolor on paper | 12 x 9 | 2024

● Watercolor on paper 12 inches (30 cm) high, 9 inches (23 cm) wide.● Framed in a mahogany colored minimalist modern wood frame with dowble white mat under glass. Frame size: 22 inches (56 cm) high, 18 inches (46 cm) wide and 0.75 inches (2 cm) deep.

● Watercolors are light-sensitive and it is best to display them when there is no direct sunlight.

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Intense sunlight at midday casts bright sunspots on a shaded playground creating a halo effect when caught in a child's curly bob. The interplay of direct and reflected sunlight magnifies the joyous feeling of a child bouncing on a boing toy. The painting can be reinterpreted as The Sun arcana in tarot, which depicts a child riding a horse with the radiant sun shining right behind. The card represents purity, raw authenticity, and joyful embrace of life and calls to let go of cynicism, past conditioning, and adult worries to rediscover playfulness and unadulterated joy. The painting title speaks to the flower most often associated with the sun due to its yellow bloom that mimics the morning sun, while the closing and reopening habits mirror the daily solar cycle.