~For Ed~
WEDDING PORTRAIT
SYMBOLISM
TOP:
- Hot air balloon, giclee print my husband Ed got me for Christmas 2021, just a few months after I lost my daughter. It represents her powerful presence in our lives years ago when we dated and now that we are back together again and married.
- Our cowboy hats
- Design on one of Kimberley’s favorite shirts that I now treasure and wear. It weaves through the entire painting, honoring and acknowledging her presence as an integral part of our lives today and forever. I love you, Kim.
Tibetan Charms:
- Butterfly
- Heart with infinity symbol
- Nut we found and kick around on our walks
- Photograph of the wood sculpture I gave Ed when we were together 25 years ago
BOTTOM:
- Bighorn sheep...see the Memorial Paintings for an explanation of its importance to me.
- Our dogs Jake and Milo
- Wedding bands
- Marriage certificate
- Cow goddess
~MEMORIAL PAINTINGS~
For my daughter Kimberley Dia de los Muertos 2022
For my daughter Kimberley Dia de los Muertos 2022
For my daughter Kimberley Dia de los Muertos 2022
36” x 36” canvas
BioShield Clay Paint
Sugar skull
Bighorn sheep
Anmmonites
Talavera tiles:
- Frida Kahlo
- 2” sun/moon
Tibetan silver charms
sewn onto the canvas with sinew:
- dolphin
- owl
- seahorse
- butterfly
The bighorn sheep on the skull just appeared when I wiped off some paint. in the painting, it is as it appeared, no alterations or enhancements. This image has huge symbolic meaning to my daughter and me, so when it just showed up, I really believed that she was here with me.
For Richard
For my daughter Kimberley Dia de los Muertos 2022
For my daughter Kimberley Dia de los Muertos 2022
24” x 24” canvas
BioShield Clay Paint
· Bird in Yuma
· Ceramic sculpture in Virginia City
· Deer
· Route 66
· Oatman, AZ bdonkey foal
· Flying pigs
· Lucy
· Fishing lure
· Alien skull: Virginia City
· Corn
· Washington’s Stonehenge
· Cow goddess
· Tibetan silver charms, stitched on canvas with sinew:
· Horse
· Feather
· Cat…Lucy
· Yin/yang/yang symbol
·Document on back stitched with sinew
For Donna
For my daughter Kimberley Dia de los Muertos 2022
For Donna
24” x 24” canvas
BioShield Clay Paint
Cocoon carrying people she loved connected to the central force
Sinew sewn up the ‘spine’ of the cocoon to connect areas of the painting symbolically as well as visually
- Tibetan silver Tree of Life charm sewn onto the canvas with sinew.
- Anasazi beans
- Venus of Willendorf
- Moon
- Sun
- Cow goddess
- Cocoon
- Alchemy
- Herbalist
- Elements
- Spirit guides
- Birds
- Plants