The Lottery of Life

Original painting using Daniel Smith watercolours on thick deckle-edged watercolour paper with added mixed media elements

The quote "To exist is to have won the lottery of life" by Simon Boas, is embedded in the painting.

 Overall size 42x30cms. Sold unframed.

Unique and original artwork featuring various coloured rectangles and squares overlaid by a brown leaf branch, with the handwritten quote "To exist is to have won the lottery of life' by Simon Boas

This artwork brings together stillness and subtle strength — a minimalist composition of soft-edged rectangles and squares in dusky shades of blue, grey, burgundy, and rose-pink. The shapes nudge together gently, creating a quiet rhythm of form and colour.

Cutting through this geometry is a fine, dark brown branch — leafy and delicate — stretching diagonally from lower left to upper right, like nature threading its way through structure. It adds a whisper of movement, a touch of the wild in an otherwise composed space.

Nestled within the design is a hand-lettered line of text: “To exist is to have won the lottery of life.” The words sit lightly but carry weight — a quiet reminder of presence, chance, and gratitude.

The result is a calm and balanced piece — a conversation between the organic and the geometric, the seen and the felt.

Detail of unique and original artwork featuring various coloured rectangles and squares overlaid by a brown leaf branch, with the handwritten quote "To exist is to have won the lottery of life' by Simon Boas

Detail, showing quote

Unique and original artwork on deckle edged watercolour paper, featuring various coloured rectangles and squares overlaid by a brown leaf branch, with the handwritten quote "To exist is to have won the lottery of life' by Simon Boas

On thick deckled-edged watercolour paper