ON DISPLAY AT HELSON GALLERY

On exhibit. This painting is currently on exhibit and is not available for online purchase. Please contact me for viewing details.

Original Oil Painting on Canvas
30" x 40"

When I first started this painting, it was meant to be a statement about self-reflection. But as I worked through each stage, its meaning began to evolve. I started thinking about this slide, sitting in the lake for more than 20 years. I’ve watched my neighbour store it away for the winter, repair it, care for it, and bring it back year after year. So many children have used it over the years, including mine. Those kids have now grown up and moved on with their own lives. Today, the lake is filled with more modern inflatables, and the laughter of children can still be heard from across the water. And yet, this slide remains. Quietly watching and waiting. As the setting sun disappears behind the trees, I began to imagine the slide and the sun having a conversation. Maybe it isn’t a conversation about what has been lost, but about what remains. The love a father puts into creating something for his children. The memories made around a cottage. The laughter that stays with a place long after the people who made it have moved on. And the knowledge that while one generation grows up, another will eventually come along to make its own memories. Maybe that’s the beautiful thing about places like this. They hold our memories, but they don’t belong to just one generation. They simply wait for tomorrow. And as the sun disappears behind the trees the conversation ends with a simple promise, Until tomorrow. 8w

• ORIGINAL FINE ART
• INSPIRED BY NATURE
• PAINTED BY MIKE