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A photograph of an acrylic on canvas painting. The painting is colorful and resembles a sunrise or sunset reflecting over the water. There is a bright spot of orange and white in the center where the sun would be; the sky above it is swirled with blue and pink. The colors of the sun reflect from the center to the bottom in a rough line, breaking apart the deep blues and grays of the water.
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Shelby Johnson
Each painting was a gift for a friend. In the long isolations of the pandemic, I turned to painting to stay connected. Whether on canvas or watercolor paper, they're flat and fairly easy to ship. "Katie" and "Sari" were Christmas presents when I wasn't able to travel for the holidays. "Regis" is for a friend's new baby. "Bear" is a beloved dog, a pet that a friend of mine lost in December. "Ana" was for a friend to celebrate her move to a new home. I lost my mother early in the pandemic--not to covid, but to another long illness. I wasn't able to be with her in her final days nor travel for her funeral. Painting became an effort to build something beautiful out of great loss.
