The Grandmothers Have Arrived

by Sidney Moonchild, 2005

I have felt that I walk with the Grandmothers for many years now.  I began this painting as I begin all abstracts,  in the lower left-hand corner massing in the color.   From that point on this painting was not the same at all.  I could see figures under the paint and began scraping off the first layer.  As I did this, the Grandmothers began to appear.  One after the other, across the canvas.  (There are four Grandmothers...from left to right...an Indigenous with staff, a Grandmother that wears what appears to be a safari type hat with vail, an Angel with wings clapping her hands, and a very cocky, sassy Grandmother wearing a pillbox type of hat with feathers).  This painting hangs in my living room.  It has never been, nor will it be, offered for sale.  I thought you might enjoy the images of the Grandmothers passed on as they appeared to me.  Many blessings...Sidney

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 So...there are times in our lives when we come to realizations that we are neither perfect, nor with the answers in life. When I feel that way...I either pick up my pen or my camera and release everything I am feeling with greater clarity of intention and thought. I wrote this poem this past weekend. Hope you all enjoy it and hope some of you share it with someone special in your life. We've all been here :-)
Have a great day, this Kitty's spent!