"Heartberry Memories" Hand-Painted Drum

"Heartberry Memories" Hand-Painted Drum

This piece is called "Heartberry Memories" It is the opposite of my drum called heartberry Reflections. This one is what is on the other side of love. It still contains love but in a different way. It tells the story of the grief and loss of love It's the opposite of colourful, it is black, grey and white. There is still the light that is there to carry us through grief, but it is heavy, difficult and heartbreaking. To lose someone that you love whether it is through ending relationships, through miles of distance, or through death. We grieve. We must travel through that grief to get to the place where we can still feel their love, our love and acknowledge that through all these ways of grieving. Love is the one thing that transcends into the spirit world. That love always remains Going through a loss, it's difficult, it terrible, it's exhausting, frustrating, it's transformational, it's devastating, it's astounding. Eventually it is beautiful again. Eventually, in our own time in our own way, the colours return again. Everyone in this world will process grief in their lifetime. I understand and accept that it is a normal and natural part of life.

Acrylic on Elk Drum with Cedar Ring

18 width x 18" height x 3.5" depth