The Air Between Laughter and Light by Jennifer Haley

A luminous mixed-media work exploring the quiet threshold between joy and stillness. Layers of resin and pigment capture the sensation of coming home to oneself — where laughter softens into light and peace fills the space in between.

Jennifer Haley

The Air Between Laughter and Light, 2025

Mixed Mdia Epoxy Resin on Wood

39 x 39 x 3 in

Sold

The Air Between Laughter and Light

There’s a small moment that lives between joy and stillness. It’s like the breath you take right after you’ve been laughing, when the world feels bright and quiet all at once. That’s where this piece was born.

When I was working on it, I kept thinking about what it really means to come home. Not to a place, but to yourself. To that space where everything slows down, and you remember that joy doesn’t have to be chased. It’s already here, waiting to be noticed.

Each layer carries that feeling — the shimmer, the texture, the light that shifts as you move around it. It’s about the energy that lives in between things, the pulse that connects everything.

For me, The Air Between Laughter and Light is about the beauty that exists in those quiet, shining moments. The feeling of being completely alive, open, and at peace, all at once.