Years ago, I asked our 2-year-old niece what made her happy. Her response was ‘fwogs,’ an answer hard to argue with. So today’s darling art by Samuel Popovich is here to make us happier. The artist’s website slogan is, coincidentally “Making art that makes you happy.” Great minds, he and our niece. Popovich is a 19-year-old from rural Montana & Colorado, and he reports that his love affair with art began with binge-watching Bob Ross. What a great way to start! I’d love to know just how many artists were inspired by that soothing, sweet, wild-haired man. I hope he died knowing just how much joy his Joy of Painting really brought people.

Anyway, back to Popovich. What a sweet kid!

“𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑰’𝒎 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝑰 𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅, 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒐 𝑰 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒂 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆’𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆. 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒓. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝑰’𝒎 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒘𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒍𝒂𝒚 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒕. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒂𝒊𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆. 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑰’𝒎 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒈𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑳𝒊𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒚 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒖𝒎𝒃 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒈 𝒎𝒚 𝒈𝒐𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍e 𝒃𝒊𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓.

You can see more of the lovely Samuel Popovich’s work on his website and on Instagram and Facebook.