What my 'creepers' mean to me.

'Say A Little Prayer'

was the first painting I did in the 'creeper' style

a few months after losing my husband to cancer.

It was a pretty dark time for me...

I couldn't seem to pull myself out of the 'dark' place

I had gone.
Grief stage 1 - Denial.

'Give It Back'
Grief stage Two -- Anger.

'Two Hearts'

Grief Stage Three -- Bargaining

With their hearts on their sleeves or dragging in the dirt behind them, 

I think I was at this point the longest.

Grief Stage 4 - Depression.

Finally...though it

 took a few years... eventually my art

began to take on a lighter and more hopeful 'feel'.
Grief Stage 5 - Acceptance

Now...I think I can move on to other things

and other characters in the coming year.

Not...that I've given up on my creepers....I think we'll see them

'evolve'.

Adding to my "Paradise Lost" Series

This painting is titled...

"One Day At A Time"...

the title is actually etched right into the

painting.

The paintings I listed on my 

Wordless Wednesday post this week...

were pieces I had done in the weeks and months

preceding the loss of my husband.

Very reflective of that time in my life..

mostly the 'denial' and 'anger'

stages of grief.

(We won't even go into the bargaining and depression stages.)

Now that I believe I have finally made it to

the 'acceptance' stage...

I decided to add a few new pieces

to the "Paradise Lost" series.

Even though they seem a bit 'sad'...at first glance...

there's actually an underlying theme of

'hope'

in each one.

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