Collection: Consolation Flowers

"Consolation flowers" was started in 2023 after the passing of my grandmother, mother, maternal grandfather and aunt.  The work explores the intersection of grief, memory and my own transformation through observational oil paintings of their funeral flowers.  The process blessed me with an experience of reflection, connection and communication, as each work became a tribute to each of these members of my close family.  I watched my painting process change dramatically from rendering architectural abstractions to closely observing decaying flowers and capturing their movements in their own brief lives through thick impasto mark-making.  

The emotional narrative of grief is rich for me, as it is for all humans.  Viewing life's passage through the metaphor of nature's changes has my full attention still.