This painting was created during the darkest evenings of 2025, in the quiet months shaped by early sunsets and long stretches of solitude. While my partner traveled for work and I spent many nights alone at home, I discovered a surprising sense of peace rather than loneliness—an interior stillness that mirrored the winter landscape outside. As the season moved toward the Winter Solstice, the promise of returning light became both literal and spiritual.

On December 21, I felt compelled to take a risk and completely rework the sky, which had begun to feel lifeless. With the courage that comes from trusting that light always returns, I slowly reintroduced violet hues, allowing undertones of blue and burnt umber to surface and breathe new life into the painting. In doing so, the work was resurrected just in time to close the year.

The final painting of 2025 and the third in the Divine Maps collection, reflects the prayerful refrain “Your light will shine when all else fades.” The stormy atmosphere holds both confession and hope—acknowledging failure, mercy, and grace—while the light emerging from within speaks to a faith that does not depend on circumstances, but radiates outward even in the quiet, unseen seasons.