Before Dawn
Acrylic Paint on Canvasboard, and Photoshop
2002

I wanted to create an image of hope in the darkness — despite darkness. A cousin of mine had recently lost a long-hoped-for son after only a few days of life. I wanted to visualize him being loved and cherished even as he was carried to the other side.

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