Grief

oil on canvas (48×72)
by Jill Joy 

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13 thoughts on “Grief

  1. Joanna Gilman Hyde Blair says:

    Jill, this painting registers alarm. Black and red are a highly significant colour combination for me.

  2. Jill Joy says:

    Registers alarm? Say more.

    • Joanna Gilman Hyde Blair says:

      I associate the colour black with The Anti-Christ Image, and red signifies the need to stop and pay attention — a necessary aspect of The Second Coming.

  3. Thom Olsen says:

    i like the top light, the inner light, and the cat sleeping lower left, in black / the light is there, even in grief

    • Jill Joy says:

      That was what I realized after I finished this painting, that by allowing the darkness to be there and myself to express it, it moved toward light. And that in some sense the light is there all along despite the darkness.

      • Joanna Gilman Hyde Blair says:

        This is applicable in so many horrendous experiences, yet I feel that now is the time to move into the giving aspect of darkness — Our Night.

  4. Joanna Gilman Hyde Blair says:

    The sunrise this morning reminded me of a Jill Joy painting: a crack of glowing pink within an unbroken blanket of grey.

  5. kzoodedoo says:

    This piece has a great presence! Powerful…

  6. kestrelart says:

    Wow
    Great composition and use of colour. Interesting how seeing the title first informed my interpretation.

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