I brought this fall leaf into the studio as an small experiment in painting color and light over a fragile and discarded object.  What I didn't expect was how this study would remind me of the fragility of my own humanity and how God's light illuminates  the innate beauty within. 
 
Original oil painting
Painted on archival canvas paper
Image size: 6 x 6 inches
Matted to fit a standard 9 × 12 frame
Signed on the front
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