“Stepping Back ” 6×6, oil on canvas, framed
I started painting this one with yesterday’s– very meta– putting yesterday’s painting inside today’s. When I sat down to write about it, this story about my great aunt, my first art teacher, that my grandmother told me in the hospital before she died came vividly back. I had forgotten about it entirely. I have been learning a lot lately about generational trauma– how the pain of our ancestors can imprint on our DNA. But so too can healing. So too can joy.