Rhonda Raulston

The Year of Grief: Autumn Rhonda Raulston

Cold Wax on Watercolor Paper 9" x 12" $175

A year unmoored: few familiar waypoints to help navigate the vague sameness of quarantine. A year of hiatus: milestones and traditions postponed or missed altogether. A year of uncertainty: health, work, finances. A year of grounding: quiet pleasures and timid hope. A year marked only by the slightly changing seasons.

I chose to paint the changing seasons as a series of abstracts, but, in fact, they really are realistic representations of my emotional state and response throughout the past unrealistic year. This is “The Year of Grief: Autumn.”