Artist: Erin Nimmer
Title: Gotta Have Faith
Medium: Mixed Media
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With this song, you tapped into a universal human experience. We all go through difficult, sometimes unimaginable times of trial. Loss, grief, financial burden, mental or physical health struggles, etc.—hardships that bring darkness and despair.
I myself suffered through many years of mental illness that at times was blinding and suffocating. Through Jesus Christ, we have the opportunity to choose to look to Him, even when we are barely clinging to hope.
In this painting I wanted to symbolize the moments when we choose to get up and tend to the seeds of faith, trusting that even though the sun is setting, it will rise again. The light is coming. We will reap the reward of any faith we can muster. We will transform into stronger and brighter versions of ourselves. 
The goldfinch in the tree represents our Savior, who is always beside us, ready to lift and strengthen us. His song is one of joy. And our God has given us this earth—the grass, a sunset, the animals, and each other—to remind us that He is with us, even in our darkest moments.