Best Friends

This work was created towards the end of my illness and hope was being renewed. The darkness in the clouds reflects the storms of life I’d just lived through. The rays of light coming through the clouds represent hope.

The horse and dog are “best of friends’ and show the relationship that animals share on a farm, and metaphorically the friendship I felt from my caring friends during my time of tribulation.

The rocky foreground signifies the rocky trail that I traveled.

To the right we get a glimpse of wide open spaces that spoke to me of the future being endless and full of opportunity. I felt like the horse and dog are just emerging from the shadows of the barn, waiting on the master, looking toward the future, basking in the light of hope.

-Andy Mast