The Release Series
Late in 2015, my husband and I received the awful news that he had terminal brain cancer. At that time, I worked as a history professor and mosaic artist.
Previously, after the deaths of both my parents, I’d learned that creating mosaics was a way to honor my loved ones and to grieve. As I cut and cleaved glass and stone, this tactile work became a sanctuary. I found spiritual solace and sometimes joy.
In the Spring of 2018, my husband’s cancer could be slowed no longer. While he took long naps in our bedroom, I was in the next room working out heartache in my studio. My piece Lament came from that chapter of vigil. After he passed away in June, I continued struggling through this journey of tangled emotions and God’s healing love by making Alone, Leave Taking and Upon the Waters Bourne.
As I finished this quartet of mosaics, the journey felt complete. After years in emotional grayscale, I sensed it was time to receive “Release.” And move on. Color re-emerged in my mosaics with the Spheres.
Previously, after the deaths of both my parents, I’d learned that creating mosaics was a way to honor my loved ones and to grieve. As I cut and cleaved glass and stone, this tactile work became a sanctuary. I found spiritual solace and sometimes joy.
In the Spring of 2018, my husband’s cancer could be slowed no longer. While he took long naps in our bedroom, I was in the next room working out heartache in my studio. My piece Lament came from that chapter of vigil. After he passed away in June, I continued struggling through this journey of tangled emotions and God’s healing love by making Alone, Leave Taking and Upon the Waters Bourne.
As I finished this quartet of mosaics, the journey felt complete. After years in emotional grayscale, I sensed it was time to receive “Release.” And move on. Color re-emerged in my mosaics with the Spheres.
2017: Lament (Panel 1 of the Release Series) Unframed: 33”H x 24”W sold
2020: Alone (Panel 2 of Release Series) 33”H x 24”W Price: $3500.
2020: Leave Taking (Panel 3 of Release Series) 33”H x 24”W Price: $3500
2021: Upon the Waters Borne. Lord of the Waters (Panel 4 of Release Series) 33”H x 24”W Price: $3500
Lament In Progress
