the magic dark abyss, an original painting by dena thompson

inspired by the poem “sweet darkness” by david whyte, and also the experience of losing everything you relied on and the deep grief that follows. it’s about the beauty of the tiny shards of light when you are enveloped in darkness. it’s about what you think is the end becoming the beginning. it’s about honoring those times in your life where you bore the unbearable and came out on the other side changed on an elemental level.

“it was through the dark waters of grief that I began to touch my unlived life” francis weller

acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas 1.5” thick profile