Upon grieving the loss of my mother, listening to an extremely sad song, and while sobbing; I began to paint. The colors chosen were favorites of hers. I wrote a personal message to her and hid it by converting it into another language, so not to be noticed by others.
There are multiple layers with lots of gestural mark making using paints, inks & oil pastels.
This piece helped me to say the things I didn’t get to, before she passed. And it has been a crucial point in my healing, knowing that in the end, she is no longer suffering, and while I miss her greatly…I will be ok. From an old hymn we sang in church, It is well…