Death Of the Great Grandmother

Influenced by my art Therapy work a story of a client whose great grandmother died and he was taken to foster care.

" ...another example of one of Barrie's interpretations of a difficult story, this time from a young boy. The child's great-grandmother, his main caregiver, passed away. A tradition exists in many Appalachian African- American families that the youngest grandchild must put copper pennies on the dead person's eyes and close the casket at the funeral. The boy did this, then was immediately taken out of the home and placed in a foster home where he began to have terrible screaming nightmares about his Great- Grandmother.During a session, the boy did a small sketch which showed his Great- Grandmother in a coffin and told Barrie the story behind it. Barrie executed a small print in response to this story..." Jenine Culligan

2 color prints print drawer
1 framed print studio
5 plates, 1 linoleum plate, 4 woodblock plates

Created at Presse Papier, Trois Rivieres , Quebec, Canada at a 3 week fellowship. Nominated by Carol Pulin, print curator, Library of Congress. One of 7 images .

Publication History
Lu, Nancy T.. "Australian Collects First Grand Prize as Print Artist in Taiwan." The China Post: Art and Community, February 20, 1992, Newspaper Article

Grishkin, Chris . "City Artist Only American in Taiwan Show." Charleston Daily Mail Newspaper, February 1992, Page 2C

Taipei Fine Arts Museum. "Taipei City Mayor's Prize ." 5th International Biennial Print Exhibit: 1991 ROC, 1990, Page 33

Provenance History
edition of 7- Permanent Collection and printed at Presse Papier, Trois Rivieres , Quebec, Canada

award winner 5th International Print Biennial, Taipei, Taiwan
Taipei City Mayors Award-
Shown twice- 1992 Taipei, Taiwan at the 5th International Print Biennial
and Huntington Museum, Huntington, Wva
"Curators Choice" 2013

Permanent Collection Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Catalogue 5th International Print Biennial -Taiwan

Exhibition History
Death of the Great Grandmother
Competition
Group Show, Taipei
1 piece