Hope

Keeley DeHart

8 x 11 inches watercolor and ink on paper

This was a commission from my French language teacher. The daughter of one of her friends was greatly impacted from the Paris bombing in 2015. She had been filled with depression and fear, and my teacher wanted to give her something to remind herself of the hope and love within the world. This girl had dreams of visiting New York City, so I decided to create the cityscape in front of a saturated morning sky in order to show that the dawn will come. I used paper towels with a pattern on it and lightly placed it on the wet watercolor in order for the paper to absorb some of the moisture in a way that left a pattern in the sky of the scenery.