Unconditional Blonde

Oil on Canvas - 18x36

When I first painted this it felt like a possible self-portrait. When I finished, it was so obvious it was about my mother. The images, to me, needed to be nude and slightly abstract, yet with movement to capture the emotion. My mother's influence on me is quite enormous. I've watched her get her hands dirty with volunteering and charity causes my entire life.

She has also taught me the value of affection. I really wanted this painting to capture the parent-child intimacy without putting a direct face on it because in my mind, it's so visceral (sometimes words cannot describe it). It's one of the reasons the baby image is reflective of a bear cub because I feel the nature of the intimacy is so animalistic.

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