Oil on Canvas 24" x 30" x 1.25" Private Collection
Laughter is a 24" x 30" oil painting on canvas. Have you heard that we should paint what we want? Here I painted the laughter I desire in my life. Some moments are so pure, so radiant, that they feel as though they’ve been brushed onto life’s canvas by sunlight itself. This painting blossomed from one such moment—captured in a photograph that made me laugh right along with it. You know those kinds of laughs, the ones that bubble up from the heart, spill over like wildflower seeds on the breeze, and can’t help but grow into joy wherever they land? That’s what I wanted to paint here: laughter in bloom.
As I laid the brush to canvas, each petal of laughter seemed to curl open like the flowers in a meadow at dawn. The faces, glowing with happiness, became like blossoms themselves—bright, playful, and alive. Around them, flowers twine and dance, because joy doesn’t stay still. It flutters, it vines, it stretches toward the sun. This is a moment captured on camera and then painted on to a canvas, of my sister, my best friend and myself, busting up in laughter together.
This painting is more than a portrait—it’s a celebration. A celebration of friendship, of sisterhood, of shared joy. It’s a reminder that laughter, like a flower, is both delicate and strong: delicate in how it softens our hearts, strong in how it carries us through life’s seasons.
My goal with this painting is simply to make the viewer smile. I hope I made you smile.
Laughter is a 24" x 30" oil painting on canvas. Have you heard that we should paint what we want? Here I painted the laughter I desire in my life. Some moments are so pure, so radiant, that they feel as though they’ve been brushed onto life’s canvas by sunlight itself. This painting blossomed from one such moment—captured in a photograph that made me laugh right along with it. You know those kinds of laughs, the ones that bubble up from the heart, spill over like wildflower seeds on the breeze, and can’t help but grow into joy wherever they land? That’s what I wanted to paint here: laughter in bloom.
As I laid the brush to canvas, each petal of laughter seemed to curl open like the flowers in a meadow at dawn. The faces, glowing with happiness, became like blossoms themselves—bright, playful, and alive. Around them, flowers twine and dance, because joy doesn’t stay still. It flutters, it vines, it stretches toward the sun. This is a moment captured on camera and then painted on to a canvas, of my sister, my best friend and myself, busting up in laughter together.
This painting is more than a portrait—it’s a celebration. A celebration of friendship, of sisterhood, of shared joy. It’s a reminder that laughter, like a flower, is both delicate and strong: delicate in how it softens our hearts, strong in how it carries us through life’s seasons.
My goal with this painting is simply to make the viewer smile. I hope I made you smile.