Chuluut River

BYAMBAJARGAL

100 x 60cm

Oil on Linen (Framed)

2023

Painted while the artist was going through a faith-testing experience, this depicts a section in the 415-kilometre journey of Chuluut ("stony") River through rocky valleys. The twists and turns of life are unending, like the progress of a river through sunlight and shadow. Yet while the river passes under dark cliffs, the light still shines above, and the river eventually emerges to brightness once again. The artist learned it is not the size of his faith that matters, but in what or whom he has faith.

(This painting was juried into the National Oil & Acrylic Painters’ Society (NOAPS) 2023 Associate Member Art Exhibition, a US competition “honoring the best in oil and acrylic painting” internationally, and is available for purchase only at Sound of Art.)