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Winter is the final panel in a four panel series titled "Four Seasons".

With Winter comes wisdom and awareness of what is to come. Time seems to pass so quickly that while the couple is in the midst of their frozen surroundings they are keenly aware of and look almost confused by the sounds and sights just off the canvas. Is it Spring that is coming or the end of life?

Ironically the panel I expected to challenge me the most, and that I thought I would like the least has turned out to be my favorite, and flowed the best. From the beginning I thought the final panel, Winter would be drab and dull, and not so fun to paint. It would represent the cold, empty end of life, loss and even sadness. During this time my Mother was hospitalized for 3 weeks and while in skilled nursing she suffered a major cerebellar stroke. I spent that time helping her and my Dad, and facing my own personal fears of death, loss and my own mortality. We all made it through that difficult ti...

I rediscovered my love for art and found my passion for oil painting after being diagnosed with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and Fibromyalgia in 2005. Having previously worked as an audiologist and later in pharmaceuticals, chronic disease forced me to abandon my career to stay home and rest. What I didn't know was that a new opportunity was blooming. During this challenging period of change I was encouraged by my son-in-law, a very talented artist, to "just paint", but shortly thereafter we lost him to suicide. Having inherited the contents of his studio, his influence is present in my work. In the early years of learning to cope with all the loss and limitations that came with this chronic disease I felt...