Melly’s Way
acrylic
36 x 24
framed size: 40 x 28
Melly’s Way is a very personal piece for me. Melly is short for Meldgonde, my mother. The last three years of her life she suffered from dementia and I took care of her. The painting has a two fold meaning, it both describes her temperament of all the years I knew her even when she was sane and fully functioning and her years of decline. The painting also captures both her inner turmoil and chaos as well as mine.
We see a woman leaving her home in a frightful storm with her purse and her scarf, she wanders pretty far away and the scarf lifts from her head into the wind. The expression of bewilderment and distress is not coming from the dark storm around her but rather from the loss of that piece of cloth. To me, this was also a moment that encapsulated all the craziness we felt around her whether good or bad or whether in youth or old age. Though I did not know it at the time the work was cathartic for me.
In addition, the theme of many of my works are about global climatic change and the danger it poses for us all. I included that theme as well as my own personal feelings.
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