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2021 - Present The challenges of these past few years and the looming challenges ahead have begun to manifest in my work. Communication is broken and the way ahead looks dark, and finding positive moments of human connection feels like seeing a beacon in a dark sea. I didn’t set out to paint these ideas so literally in my work. But they’ve shown up and insist on continuing. The first painting in which the idea manifested was “When I Met You There Was Still Time” — when I made the large white mark as a glowing light and then the small yellow light, it suddenly struck me that the painting was a love story about these two marks. The idea of working everything around them seized me and wouldn’t let go, and I knew then that I wanted to make a long-term body of work around the idea of showing human-like connection in the language of the landscapes I’ve been painting, which seemed an appropriate setting for these small stories about love — not romantic love, but the solid, long-term, deeply felt love of human empathy. My work continues to be inspired by the Pacific Northwest and its forested mountains, but the work is taking on a more human aspect. We are a region of contrasts: the rural and the urban, the rancher and the tech worker. This landscape fosters and reflects contraditions. More than one person has looked at these landscapes and said that, while they can’t explain it, what initially looks dark and moody actually fills them with hope or radiance. And that’s my goal with this work. We are all moving through a landscape that feels uncertain, sometimes dark, but there is light and hope. And that light and hope comes from our connection to one another, our love and our empathy. This series is an on-going and current exploration.

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  1. If We Could Take It Back by Caryn Vainio, Image 1.

    If We Could Take It Back, 2022

    Acrylic and charcoal pencil on canvas

    20 x 38 x 1.5 in

    $950

  2. We Exist In Little Peaces by Caryn Vainio, Image 3.

    We Exist In Little Peaces, 2022

    Acrylic On Canvas

    12 x 12 x 1.5 in

    $225

  3. The Gates of Light Are Paved With Earth by Caryn Vainio, Image 2.

    The Gates of Light Are Paved With Earth, 2022

    Acrylic and pencil on cradled wood panel

    12 x 12 x 0.75 in

  4. The Fallows Wait But Not Forever by Caryn Vainio, Image 5.

    The Fallows Wait But Not Forever, 2022

    Acrylic On Canvas

    24 x 36 x 1.5 in

  5. We Travel Where The Path’s Not Easy by Caryn Vainio, Image 3.

    We Travel Where The Path’s Not Easy, 2022

    Acrylic On Canvas

    36 x 36 x 0.688 in

  6. Lifeline Study 10 by Caryn Vainio, Image 4.

    Lifeline Study 10, 2022

    Acrylic and charcoal pencil on canvas mounted to panel

    14 x 14 x 1.5 in

    $300

  7. Behold Your Own Beautiful Self by Caryn Vainio, Image 3.

    Behold Your Own Beautiful Self, 2022

    Acrylic On Canvas

    24 x 36 x 1.5 in

    $1,125

  8. We’ll Laugh Our Joy And Cry Our Grief by Caryn Vainio, Image 2.

    We’ll Laugh Our Joy And Cry Our Grief, 2022

    Acrylic On Canvas

    20 x 20 x 1.5 in

    $525

  9. Grab Time With Both Hands And Pull, Image 1.

    Grab Time With Both Hands And Pull, 2022

    Acrylic On Canvas

    36 x 24 x 1.5 in

  10. But First: Breathe, Image 4.

    But First: Breathe, 2022

    Acrylic On Canvas

    36 x 24 x 1.5 in

  11. You, Me, and Our Reflection, Image 3.

    You, Me, and Our Reflection, 2022

    Acrylic and graphite on canvas

    12 x 12 x 1.5 in

  12. We See Together, You And I by Caryn Vainio, Image 3.

    We See Together, You And I, 2022

    Acrylic On Canvas

    12 x 12 x 1.5 in

    $225

  13. We Are Shields Made Of Light by Caryn Vainio, Image 2.

    We Are Shields Made Of Light, 2022

    Acrylic and graphite on canvas mounted to cradled panel

    20 x 20 x 1.5 in

    $525

  14. Our Binds Break At Dawn (Though We Cannot Always Feel It), Image 3.

    Our Binds Break At Dawn (Though We Cannot Always Feel It), 2022

    Acrylic and charcoal pencil on canvas

    24 x 36 x 1.5 in

  15. Lifeline Study 8 by Caryn Vainio, Image 1.

    Lifeline Study 8, 2022

    Acrylic and charcoal pencil on paper mounted to cradled wood panel

    12 x 12 x 1.5 in

  16. I’m Afraid You’ll Find That We’re Uncontainable by Caryn Vainio, Image 2.

    I’m Afraid You’ll Find That We’re Uncontainable, 2022

    Acrylic and charcoal pencil on canvas

    20 x 20 x 1.5 in

  17. Go As Far As The Light Will Take You by Caryn Vainio, Image 2.

    Go As Far As The Light Will Take You, 2022

    Acrylic and graphite on canvas

    36 x 36 in

    $1,645

  18. Find Me On The Other Side by Caryn Vainio, Image 2.

    Find Me On The Other Side, 2022

    Acrylic and charcoal pencil on canvas

    24 x 36 x 1.5 in

    $1,125

  19. We Thread The Needle Frayed And Worn by Caryn Vainio, Image 2.

    We Thread The Needle Frayed And Worn, 2022

    Acrylic and graphite on canvas

    20 x 20 x 1.5 in

    $525

  20. Take My Hand and Don’t Let Go by Caryn Vainio, Image 2.

    Take My Hand and Don’t Let Go, 2022

    Acrylic and graphite on canvas

    36 x 36 x 0.688 in

    $1,000

  21. Sever The Old And Mildewed Ropes, They Hold Us Back by Caryn Vainio, Image 2.

    Sever The Old And Mildewed Ropes, They Hold Us Back, 2022

    Acrylic and graphite on canvas

    36 x 36 x 0.688 in

    $1,000

  22. Lifeline Study 7 by Caryn Vainio, Image 1.

    Lifeline Study 7, 2022

    Acrylic and charcoal pencil on paper

    25 x 19 in

    $625

  23. Let The Unreal Be Our Beacon by Caryn Vainio, Image 2.

    Let The Unreal Be Our Beacon, 2022

    Acrylic and charcoal pencil on canvas

    36 x 36 x 0.688 in

  24. When we pull aside the curtain we will face what’s there together by Caryn Vainio, Image 2.

    When we pull aside the curtain we will face what’s there together, 2022

    Acrylic and graphite on cradled wood panel

    18 x 18 x 1.5 in

    $425

  25. We Are More Than Us by Caryn Vainio, Image 2.

    We Are More Than Us, 2022

    Acrylic and graphite on canvas

    20 x 20 x 0.688 in

    $525