What my 'creepers' mean to me.

'Say A Little Prayer'

was the first painting I did in the 'creeper' style

a few months after losing my husband to cancer.

It was a pretty dark time for me...

I couldn't seem to pull myself out of the 'dark' place

I had gone.
Grief stage 1 - Denial.

'Give It Back'
Grief stage Two -- Anger.

'Two Hearts'

Grief Stage Three -- Bargaining

With their hearts on their sleeves or dragging in the dirt behind them, 

I think I was at this point the longest.

Grief Stage 4 - Depression.

Finally...though it

 took a few years... eventually my art

began to take on a lighter and more hopeful 'feel'.
Grief Stage 5 - Acceptance

Now...I think I can move on to other things

and other characters in the coming year.

Not...that I've given up on my creepers....I think we'll see them

'evolve'.