Hope (the Light at the End) Original Painting

Painted at 49x32 inches, in acrylic on canvas this original painting is a haunting, serene, and equally strange piece, with bizarre lighting and shadow effects which make some objects and figures seem to lean out of the painting.

This surreal piece is heavily-influenced by Spirit Walking (or long-term sleep deprivation I like to call it), and took me nearly a week of standing, leaving the painting only for restroom breaks. My knees buckled whenever micro-naps threatened, and I painted up to just an hour before my big art show - which I ended up sleeping through, and through an additional couple of days.