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title: "A Single Candle Burns Bright — Oil Painting by Tanya Zafirovic"
url: https://tanyazafirovic.com/works/a-single-candle-burns-bright/
description: "A girl in a blue hooded cloak carries a lantern beneath a red autumn tree in a misty grey forest. Oil on canvas · 55 × 40 cm · Original available. Oil painting by Swedish artist Tanya Zafirovic."
---

[![A Single Candle Burns Bright by Tanya Zafirovic: A girl in a blue hooded cloak carries a lantern beneath a red autumn tree in a misty grey forest.](https://tanyazafirovic.com/img/works/a-single-candle-burns-bright-1200.webp?v=a0f913cdc8)](https://tanyazafirovic.com/img/works/a-single-candle-burns-bright-2000.webp?v=cddba8f7d8)

[Chapter IV · Legends & Fairytales](https://tanyazafirovic.com/works/#legends)

# A Single Candle Burns Bright

> Courage to keep a single light burning despite all. In a world full of shadows it burns bright and offers a ray of hope.
>
> Tanya

- **Medium:** Oil on canvas
- **Size:** 55 × 40 cm
- **Original:** Original available

## Buy the original or a print

Enquiry form: https://tanyazafirovic.com/contact/ (name, email, optional phone, what you are interested in, which painting, and your message).

Prices in Swedish kronor. Pay securely by card or Klarna. Delivery is calculated at checkout.

Make it yours: choose the original or a print above — or ask Tanya to paint something new for you, in the same spirit.

[Ask Tanya for a new painting](https://tanyazafirovic.com/contact/?work=a-single-candle-burns-bright&interest=commission)

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## More from Legends & Fairytales

[![Nattens drottning by Tanya Zafirovic: A woman with a crown of feathers and a skirt of brown owl feathers holds an owl on her arm, beneath a crescent moon over a moonlit valley and winding river.](https://tanyazafirovic.com/img/works/nattens-drottning-1200.webp?v=306bff8dde) Nattens drottning · Queen of the Night · 40 × 33 cmOriginal available](https://tanyazafirovic.com/works/nattens-drottning/)

[![Slottets hemligheter by Tanya Zafirovic: A fair-haired girl sits on a rock by a still lake, gazing at a fairytale castle on a cliff across the water, framed by dark trees.](https://tanyazafirovic.com/img/works/slottets-hemligheter-1200.webp?v=a31a91ee10) Slottets hemligheter · Castle Secrets · 70 × 50 cmOriginal available](https://tanyazafirovic.com/works/slottets-hemligheter/)

[![The Legend of the Selkie by Tanya Zafirovic: A golden-haired selkie, wrapped in her sealskin, sits on a rock in a forest lake, with fir trees and a low sun behind her.](https://tanyazafirovic.com/img/works/the-legend-of-the-selkie-1200.webp?v=201c87f5d7) The Legend of the Selkie · 23 × 27 cm](https://tanyazafirovic.com/works/the-legend-of-the-selkie/)

[![The Elves Dancing in the Mist by Tanya Zafirovic: Pale elves dance in a long row across a misty meadow by a lake, with fir trees fading into the fog; a wide panoramic painting.](https://tanyazafirovic.com/img/works/the-elves-dancing-in-the-mist-1200.webp?v=03ea65b6d0) The Elves Dancing in the Mist · 30 × 90 cm](https://tanyazafirovic.com/works/the-elves-dancing-in-the-mist/)