My daughter Kimberly Rose🌹F31, an artist, passed 2023. Following her death, I returned to painting after decades away - art is healing me.
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I create symbolic memorial paintings that tell the story of a life through meaningful imagery and connection. Each piece is deeply personal, created to honor the love that remains. Returning to painting after many years, this work has become a powerful part of my own healing journey. What began as a way to cope has grown into something I truly love. Painting is now my passion, and I hope to continue creating pieces that bring comfort, connection, and remembrance for years to come.
Where do you find inspiration?Families share memories of their loved ones - photos, favorite colors, favorite pastimes, poems they wrote. My heart then takes those precious memories and creates images. I paint from those images.
What would you do with $25,000?I would use the $25,000 to honor my daughter, Kimberly Rose🌹. As an artist, she found meaning in beauty and nature, so I plan to lay her ashes to rest beneath a memorial tree in a forest. When the time comes, other family members will join her there, so she is never alone, and even our beloved pets will rest at the base of that same tree. It will become a quiet place where our family remains together. The funds would purchase that memorial tree.
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