This Will Be a Wonderful Day
acrylics on canvas
81 x 100 cm
sold // 390 € (incl. VAT 10%)
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the sun is flowing in through my window
pooling on the floor.
the heat of this coffee
warming my hands,
warming my thoughts;
lingering over this table
over my mind.
I sense the house breathing
around me,
lazily turning towards the sun,
waking up slowly,
waking up happy
I wake up slowly,
content.
this will be a wonderful day.
this will be a beautiful day.
this will be a day
that rests
in the sun.
I allow the sun to flow into me,
to warm me, to smooth me,
to smooth away the edges and jags of my mind.
I won’t linger in the shadows today.
today I rest in the sun.
today I’ll allow it
to rinse me.
the sun pours in through the window,
through my mind,
pooling on my thoughts.
this will be
a wonderful day.
// kaisa vanhala
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Yellow is the colour of home for me - the colour of coziness. It’s the colour of slow happy mornings, the colour of warmth. Yellow feels - actually, physically - like walking over pools of light on wooden floors. Something warms in me, something tickles the soles of my feet, the palms of my hands.
Feeling close to yellow feels like being in light. I don’t often dress in yellow, but I notice myself wanting to be close to it. Quite a few things in our home are yellow, actually. But it can’t be any yellow, it needs to be this specific, slightly burnt kind; soft but intense, deep and yet bright.
This painting is born out of the last summer mornings we’ve just lived through. I wanted to paint my favourite morning moments - the coffee warm in its mug, the early autumn sun beckoning behind the window, the sky open all the way to its heights.
Sometimes, those mornings have a special magic. I confess being prone to stress sometimes (just ask my husband!), and I’ve noticed I need to be mindful with my mornings. I cannot just attack the day; I need to pause, rest, and let the day unfold through peace. The moments with coffee in the sun (or in the rain, I bet coffee’s the main ingredient here) serve as a change to choose rest.
I wanted to paint the feeling that the day is full of possibilities; that everything will be fine, despite the challenges that may be ahead. That the sun will shine on us, no matter what happens - and in the end all shall be well.
And that feeling - yes, it’s yellow, definitely. A strong, burning yellow.