Good Morning, Darling
22 x 28 inches, acrylic on canvas
SOLD
THE MEANING BEHIND THE PAINTING
“This painting is a love letter to myself - to the version of me in those early days of grief. A reminder to be gentle, to be kind. To slow down and rest.
In the beginning, mornings were the hardest. They marked another day without my partner, a gut wrenching reality that made it difficult to move. My mind would spiral, looping the same thoughts over and over.”
“It was my family and friends who helped pull me out of bed. Their routines reminded me that I, too, could get up and keep going. I had to.
When I moved back to Vancouver, I had to find new routines that could help me break that mental block. I was relearning how to take care of myself in grief. And to do that, I had to go back in time - what were the simple things that had brought me joy?”
“What would get me out of bed in the morning? This painting is exactly that. A reminder to take it one day at a time and to find joy in the simplest of things—buying yourself flowers, savoring a good cup of coffee, eating a fresh croissant with creamy butter and jam. Buying bagels and piling them high with smoked salmon. The list goes on, and on…”
