An artist needs time and a place to create. Wayne Sheppard has the luxury and ability to allow him a career as a painter of some renown. His New Yearas Kiss painting sells as a popular print and allows him to paint full time while his wife, Melanie, is a full-time mom. After a daytime trip to the beach, Wayne finds himself a single parent. Balancing being a father and an artist is not easy. When Colors Run explores the themes of art versus responsibility, art versus corporation, and the love of a woman, art, and self.