Recent watercolor painting for Deck the Halls!I finished another piece of my candle series. This was a very intense and focused piece that took me many times. I had to gather a lot of energy for this piece.
This tiny painting was painted on a small piece of watercolor paper measuring 5 x 7 inches. I simply painted it using yellow, burnt sienna, and blue. There was a restriction that this painting should not be flashy at all, because the title of this painting was Daily Bread. I don’t know if a small watercolor painting that looks like a birthday candle on a small piece of bread will open someone’s heart. However, I was very satisfied when I painted this painting, because it was another attempt to capture the joy of everyday life. The left side of the small candle is bright and beautiful. The right side is dark. However, in terms of proportion, it looks as if darkness is swallowing the world. However, the small candle that is brightly lit makes me feel that it is already conquering the darkness. One day, when I was going to church with my father-in-law in Korea, he said this. He was not a frequent churchgoer before. "I am so touched by the words 'give us this day our daily bread' in prayer." My father-in-law lost his childhood in the Korean War. At an age when he should have seen beautiful and joyful things, he had to learn first how miserable life is, how the country is ruined, and how hopeless it is. Perhaps, when my father-in-law was young, the rich Korea we have today did not come to mind. The wish of children like my father-in-law is not to starve to death, but to have a meal. So his mind was always anxious and fearful about this daily bread. Perhaps that is why Koreans at that time felt the fear of hunger and death and lived very faithfully. And we know very well that this attitude toward life is the cause of today's Korea. This father-in-law was very moved when he felt the presence of God who gives us daily bread in the church. I find this daily bread to be a metaphor for our daily lives. We can brighten up the small but precious daily bread, like the bread we eat every day, by being moved by this daily bread and realizing it ourselves, like my father-in-law who lit a candle that brightened our hearts. Sometimes, we live in such an abundant era that we forget the preciousness of this daily bread. Are we constantly looking at the flashy lights at someone's party, and are my precious candles getting shorter and shorter? I wanted to draw the most simple but beautiful thing in the world. And I gathered all my energy to draw a small picture. I hope this small picture can become a candle that melts the cold hearts of many people this winter.
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