Memories remain with those with Dementia. These memories can be firm, vivid, and colorful one day, then cast in a frustratingly familiar and formless translucence the next day. In this painting, I wanted to capture the way dementia impacts a simple memory--a daily commute--in its shifts of shape, in the way human forms can be frozen in motion, yet detached from meaningful anchors.
Inspired by the care and love I've been privileged to share with my wife and her family as my beloved mother-in-law, Betty, encountered dementia's onset. Betty's beautiful heart, innocent joy, and especially her love has been always present and is brighter and more alive than ever, and I think, that is growing our capacity in that way as well. To all families caring for their own loved ones on the journey of dementia, I dedicate this painting.
The Way Memories Remain explores a simple experience, a daily commute, a memory that might be experienced over and over in life that is now beginning to lose its cohesion, its priority of symbols, images, and meaning, remaining colorful and clear in pockets of non-prioritized, puzzle-like fragmentation.
Purchased by Neurologist Arthur R. Dick, M.D., Professor Emeritus of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical Center. Gifted by Dr. Dick to the Landon Center
- Subject Matter: City Scape
- Created: 2019
- Collections: Sold
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