"Big Dreams"
Oil on Canvas
This painting was inspired by photo i took of a young girl in Guatemala, whom I bought 5 bracelets from in exchange for her cooperation. Her optimism caught me. When I was her age I was busy complaining about the boundaries of catholic school while she had to saunter the streets of Antigua to help provide for her family. But none of that even mattered to her. In her, I saw no revelation of despair but rather a childlike hopefulness and yearning so radiant it seemingly nullifies the grim realities of poverty.
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