This painting is inspired by a late summer/early fall moment in the Pennypack Nature Preserve (Southeaster Pennsylvania). While working on this piece in the studio, the following prayer poem tumbled out.

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With the unavoidable losses of life before me.

Unrepeatable joy behind me.
--I surrender.

I step into the singular present.
I am under the influence of gratitude
This transforms me.

Not knowing the future and yet touching wisdom of constant change,
I fall heart first into a surrender to peace
Unlike any I have known before.

On the shores of losing Everything I know and love
--How can I be content?
---How can I not be?

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Gratitude is a lifeboat in the face of grief, a resting place. This painting was created while being under the influence of gratitude.

48” x 30”
© Bronwen Mayer Henry
Original Acrylic on Canvas
Edges Painted, Ready to Hang
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