Grief, oil and acrylic on canvas, 40" x 30"

"This was painted during the most painful time of my life.
I had lost my best friend, my mentor, my "third parent". 
I don't remember why, but I chose the pose of Botticelli's Venus, perhaps
because that painting is about birth and this one was about death. 
The face was a self-portrait, the missing parts represent what I felt --
that pieces were missing, that I had been crippled, that I couldn't speak. 
The fire represents the fire that consumed my friend.  I added some details later,
from another experience, and it has become a source of ongoing healing."

Contact: Anne Wilde
414.259.9022
wildegrl@netzero.com