Remembrance: Attachment: Mom and Dad Together

Mom and Dad Together Acrylic on silk, 42 × 24 cm, 2023

Part of my Remembrance: Love and Grief series.

This painting is based on a photograph I took of my parents in a park when I was a teenager. They sit quietly beside one another, their composed gestures capturing an ordinary moment of togetherness that, for me, carried a deep sense of safety.

Rendered in red, blue, yellow, and black, their figures are surrounded by a pale blue halo and textured atmosphere. The color and layered surface transform the photograph from a simple family record into a fragment of emotional memory.

Looking back, I recognize this image not only as a memory of my parents, but as a memory of being held within their presence. Their togetherness represented a form of security that I understood intuitively before I could name it.

Through painting, I return to this moment from the distance of time and loss. The work preserves neither the photograph nor the past exactly as it was; instead, it reconstructs the feeling that remains: the quiet reassurance of having them together.