2003 | The Healing Process | 3 Phases
Creating this 3-dimensional series helped me understand and deal with my own process of healing after a loved has passed.
My three healing phases and sculptural images share the same titles:
In the Beginning, Slowly Healing and In the End. They exemplify the bonding between a patient and caregiver. After the patient has passed the caregiver and family struggle to cope with the loss.
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In the Beginning | Phase One
Slowly Healing | Phase Two
Because the patient is no longer in pain, the caretaker can take solace in knowing that while alive all was done, that could be done.
The caretaker slowly starts to put to rest the turmoil of the patient’s illness; the sculpture’s interior slowly opens and a few cascading spirals appear.
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In the End | Phase Three
Though the patient and caretaker may be physically separated they will be together forever.
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2005 | Mom & Dad Together Again | Celebrating 58 years of marriage
My father died in 1997; my mother passed in 2002.
This Mom & Dad sculpture combines the geometric and spiral shapes of my earlier Carnival and Healing Series. I wanted to bring my parents “Together Again” to continue their endless love story.
I find solace and aesthetic satisfaction knowing that my parents still inspire me.
The spirals continue into my next series of clay, called Candyland.