Portrait of Isolation - Regeneration

This painting is unusual in that it is painted over another painting!

Based on our early conversations I created a painting that was too dark and pessimistic – too stark – wrong artistic direction

At that point Katie pulled back from the project to focus on her recovery.

However there was one element of the first painting that Katie related to – the lotus flower - symbolic for its beauty – but also because they only grow in muddy water – it is a metaphor for facing challenges and troubles – necessary to bloom

So, I painted over the first painting and tried to create something more metaphorical and hopeful, and shared that with her later ….

Fortunately, Katie’s reaction to this work was much more positive – and she has shared the picture with her therapist as a thankyou for their input to her recovery.