Painting about losing someone

"A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and he ends up losing...

A piece I completed this evening. "A world self absorbed with itself. People going to a fro-concerned about only themselves. Amongst them walks a woman, naked, cold and vulnerable and no one offers comfort-not even an umbrella...I am uncertain if she reaches her destination but I would like to believe that someone, just ahead, will give her a coat, an umbrella and perhaps something to eat.."

acrylics - the strong river that is grief #art #artist #artwork #grief #painting

— You Don’t Just Lose Someone Once — You lose them over and over, sometimes many times a day. When the loss, momentarily forgotten, creeps up, and attacks you from behind. Fresh waves of grief as the realization hits home, they are gone. Again. You don’t just lose someone once, you lose them every time you open your eyes to a new dawn, and as you awaken, so does your memory, so does the jolting bolt of lightning that rips into your heart, they are gone. Again. Losing someone is a journey…