Studio Cherie

20 x 20 x 1.5

Acrylic on canvas

2023

60 X 40 X 1.5 inches Acrylic on Canvas 2020

$3500

Discovery

By Cherie Wilson

New beginnings sound so romantic and enthralling but no one tells you how hard they are after death. You don't see the layers that roll like waves and all the millions of new beginnings that come usually uninvited. Specifically the death of a child. My loss was a somewhat grown girl but I had just painted what emerged to be a young boy, maybe eight. He revealed himself in a pool and up to his waist in clear blue water. Other children apparently splashing and swimming around him from the looks of their legs nearby. I hadn't known or meant to paint the boy but he appeared to me all the same. There on the canvas he showed up in the paint, and only formed by the random strokes after several days with my usual abstract process. He was the first of three images to reveal themselves in separate paintings. It hadn't occurred to me they were my guides or maybe messages at the time. It's no wonder in the midst of consuming grief and brain fog I now know. Somehow I could paint my abstracts mindlessly or so I thought.

"Look!" the young boy told me. He went on to explain the time of innocence and discovery that would help me heal along the way. Stay curious I had heard others say, so I took him at his word. He appeared to be crying when he told me this but I began to wonder another day if maybe it wasn't tears after all but the sweat of his brow. He replied "No it was merely water from the pool dripping down." He had dove very deep. Deeper than he knew he could. His young lungs tight and full of air, while his lips and teeth clenched to hold it inside. With great conviction he curved his fingers around the object that had caught his glimpse going down and then pushed himself up to the surface again. "Awe! Curiosity!" I said smiling. A shooting moment of curiosity leading to his new discovered treasure albeit a strengthening of his frame and countenance, I surmised. "What did you find?" I asked. I'm still not sure he said, and thanked me for asking him. "I can let you know when I find out if you like… and I told him sure and to let me know when he was ready. I'll be here for a while in this grief thing and always up for new revelations as I go.

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