FILE: 14_Grief.jpg

TITLE: Grief at 26 - Acrylic on Canvas - 34" x 3/4" round

DESCRIPTION: An intensely personal piece for me about grief and regret, the subject is the loss of a baby during the 26th week of my pregnancy, exactly 26 years ago, in the Spring of 1980. It astounds me that occasionally I stumble upon moments that cause me to grieve over it still. My intent was to create a visceral, womblike atmosphere with color & textures, and to include an abstract, almost ghostlike image of a baby who is no longer there. This work is a bit like looking at the man in the moon or clouds in the sky and finding your own images in them. Maybe it's my own personal Rorschach test (do you see what I see?) but it formed itself as I painted, and that's a valid connection I scarcely wish to deny. So it is what it is as I acknowledge and honor the spirit that guided me.