Original Oil Painting by Anne-Louise Ewen
Size: 14" x 11" x 2-3/8" stretched canvas
Created: Summer 2023

We must risk delight. We can do without pleasure,
but not delight. Not enjoyment. We must have
the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless
furnace of this world.

Jack Gilbert
From poem “A Brief For The Defense”