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2025
6 × 8 in.
Watercolor and Ink on Paper
One man throws his hands into the air and announces, “I’m so happy.” The person beside him responds, “Don’t worry, it will soon be over.”
This painting is about everyday life and the way I naturally move through it. I am generally a very happy person. I like being excited about things, laughing, meeting people, and finding reasons to enjoy whatever is happening around me. That happiness is real.
But every once in a while, reality has to hit me.
Something goes wrong. A relationship changes. Work becomes exhausting. Plans fall apart. Someone disappoints me, or I disappoint myself. Life has a way of reminding me that no emotion, good or bad, lasts forever.
The second character isn't necessarily trying to ruin his happiness. To me, he represents reality itself. He is the voice standing beside optimism, reminding it that eventually something will change. It sounds incredibly pessimistic, but there is also something comforting about it. If happiness doesn't last forever, neither does sadness.
Soon Be Over is about the constant back-and-forth between optimism and reality. I can be genuinely happy while still understanding that life will eventually knock me down again. And when it does, I'll deal with it, get back up, and probably find something else to be happy about.
Sometimes I need reality to hit me. I just don't have to let it keep me down.
2025
6 × 8 in.
Watercolor and Ink on Paper
One man throws his hands into the air and announces, “I’m so happy.” The person beside him responds, “Don’t worry, it will soon be over.”
This painting is about everyday life and the way I naturally move through it. I am generally a very happy person. I like being excited about things, laughing, meeting people, and finding reasons to enjoy whatever is happening around me. That happiness is real.
But every once in a while, reality has to hit me.
Something goes wrong. A relationship changes. Work becomes exhausting. Plans fall apart. Someone disappoints me, or I disappoint myself. Life has a way of reminding me that no emotion, good or bad, lasts forever.
The second character isn't necessarily trying to ruin his happiness. To me, he represents reality itself. He is the voice standing beside optimism, reminding it that eventually something will change. It sounds incredibly pessimistic, but there is also something comforting about it. If happiness doesn't last forever, neither does sadness.
Soon Be Over is about the constant back-and-forth between optimism and reality. I can be genuinely happy while still understanding that life will eventually knock me down again. And when it does, I'll deal with it, get back up, and probably find something else to be happy about.
Sometimes I need reality to hit me. I just don't have to let it keep me down.