My precious sister Susan passed away March 8th from a fierce battle with a very aggressive cancer. She was one of the most amazing people I have ever known. I loved her dearly...love her dearly. She and my other sister Dianne and I are very close. Our whole family is close. This has been a devastating loss.
I put my art away for a while as I tried to cope with watching Susan fight for her life and then tried to get back to "normal" since she passed away. I've slowly attempted to get back into painting...partly because it's who I am and what I feel drawn to do and partly because Susan would have wanted me to. She was an amazing artist.
As I signed on tonight to blog for the first time since February 10, I was surprised by my last blog.
I was working on a painting.
At the time I was painting it, I didn't know where it would end up.
But as I was preparing to fly out to Seattle the night of March 7th when I received news that Susan had 1-3 days to live, I pulled this finished painting off the easel and prepared to take it to Susan. When I was working on it, I had no intention of doing anything with it. But as I was thinking about Susan, I remember her talking to me about Thalo Blue and Thalo Green, and although those are not specifically the colors I used in this painting, I knew she would love the greens and blues.
I didn't know it when I started it, but this painting was for her. Just one way God was working in me, in us, using something we both love to connect on a deeper level.
This is for you, Susan. I love you.......B
