16" x 16" acrylic painting
surface - stretched canvas
(unframed and ready to hang)
(unframed and ready to hang)
Another painting in the Alzheimer's portrait series, but I will be not using this one for the planned show. My hope is that the residents and their families will be able to attend. I'll paint her entire face for that reason.
It's fascinating that although many 'blocks' of their lives may be misplaced or missing, that each person, depending on the severity of the illness, maintains much of her/his personality. Yes, as the disease progresses the fade increases and physical problems become more acute, yet each person remains unique.
I read about a study which showed how important it is to visit loved ones in nursing homes. The study found that even though they might not remember your visit an hour later (for some five minutes), the effects of the time spent together remains for hours past their actual memory of the visit.
For purchasing info please visit my blog - http://riahills.blogspot.com
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It's fascinating that although many 'blocks' of their lives may be misplaced or missing, that each person, depending on the severity of the illness, maintains much of her/his personality. Yes, as the disease progresses the fade increases and physical problems become more acute, yet each person remains unique.
I read about a study which showed how important it is to visit loved ones in nursing homes. The study found that even though they might not remember your visit an hour later (for some five minutes), the effects of the time spent together remains for hours past their actual memory of the visit.
For purchasing info please visit my blog - http://riahills.blogspot.com
contact me - rh@riahills.com
What a great way to capture this ugly disease, just another way to show how art can transmute sadness into a thing a beauty, just wonderful!
ReplyDeleteThank you Gerard! I enjoyed working on it and hope to paint more.
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