Watercolor Wednesday: A lighthouse in the darkness

By Leo Boucher. Used with permission; all rights reserved.

I find this painting of my dad’s intriguing. The lighthouse sits high on a rock, promising to illuminate the dark skies and warn boats of the rocks that would crush them. I see hope and promise in that image.

And then I glimpse the large fall leaves in the foreground, those that soon will wither and disappear as coldness sets in. They are a sign of the earth hibernating and sleeping.

Two juxtaposing images. Together, they bring hope for light even in the seasons of death.

What do you see?