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101cm (W) x 71cm (H) x 3.5cm (D)
Acrylic on canvas

$ 2,200.00

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Artist:
Karen Hopkins
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This artwork is part of: VAS Winter Select Exhibition 2025

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When we step away from the rush of life, nature offers us a doorway back to ourselves. Whether it’s witnessing a sunrise, watching light stream through a break in the clouds, or reflections on water, standing among trees, listening to waves crash during a passing storm, feeling the warm desert wind against our skin, or leaving footprints in the sand—these pauses invite us into a deeper awareness. These are the pauses that awaken us. In them, we feel not just stillness—but presence. Awe. Gratitude. Such moments shimmer with something sacred. They stay with us. They change us. They remind us that beneath all the noise, we are deeply connected to the Earth, to each other, to life itself. This painting is my attempt to honour that stillness.

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