This is one of my favorite paintings.

Art Therapy

During my "transition" I continued to paint the figure. Looking back I think it was an unconscious desire to heal my physical body. To pay attention to what my body was telling me. And what it was telling me was that I needed to take care of myself.

A few years ago my son left home for college, my father died, I became ill, resigned from my job, got married and moved to another city. I was in transition.

Whenever I feel deeply and need to make sense of my world I paint.
Here's an example of what came seeping out...