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"A Tale Of Two Mothers" - Paintings
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“A Tale Of Two Mothers” - Part of the Harsh Realities & Consequences Series. 36" x 36" x 2" - Professional Grade Oils on Gallery Wrapped, Stretched Heavyweight Cotton Canvas. Gloss Varnish
The story behind this piece is something deeply painful, but in telling it, I can release it. While I’ve dealt with this through my recovery program, I had to express it on the canvas and share it.
My hope is you read the story behind it solely because it could potentially help someone who’s experienced something similar.
June 1980 - My parents divorced. My Mom was moving us across the country to California. I was sad, terrified and confused.
Prior to this, my Mom was the most loving, caring and affectionate person. She was my safe-haven. I was a “momma’s boy.” My whole world changed once in California. My Mom had to work full time and her boyfriends came into the mix pretty quickly. She was different. The mother I had known, gone. Within a year, I didn’t see her much and my sister became my mom.
In 7th grade, she told my sister and I she wanted us to move back to the east coast to live with my Dad. We were devastated and deeply hurt. We refused. The relationship with my Mom was never the same.
2 years later I entered high school. My sister was in college so I was truly on my own. With no guidance, rules or consequences I made a lot of really poor choices. I was scared, hurt, alone and I yearned for the safety and love of family. I turned to drugs and some bad influences to fill that void.
Some of the friends I had were no good - leading me down a path of sexual and emotional abuse during my middle school years. The drug use picked up which culminated in the horrors of addiction years later.
I was lost, traumatized and in terrible pain. I hid it all with drugs, decent grades and being good at sports. I had ended up with 2 completely different mothers, hence the name of the painting. With all that said, it’s taken a lot of time and work to reach the point of being able to say “I forgive you Mom.”
The blue portion of the painting represents the loving, caring, safe Mom. It’s calming and comforting. The red is the other side of the story - the pain, hurt, fear, anger. The 2 big strokes represent tears
The story behind this piece is something deeply painful, but in telling it, I can release it. While I’ve dealt with this through my recovery program, I had to express it on the canvas and share it.
My hope is you read the story behind it solely because it could potentially help someone who’s experienced something similar.
June 1980 - My parents divorced. My Mom was moving us across the country to California. I was sad, terrified and confused.
Prior to this, my Mom was the most loving, caring and affectionate person. She was my safe-haven. I was a “momma’s boy.” My whole world changed once in California. My Mom had to work full time and her boyfriends came into the mix pretty quickly. She was different. The mother I had known, gone. Within a year, I didn’t see her much and my sister became my mom.
In 7th grade, she told my sister and I she wanted us to move back to the east coast to live with my Dad. We were devastated and deeply hurt. We refused. The relationship with my Mom was never the same.
2 years later I entered high school. My sister was in college so I was truly on my own. With no guidance, rules or consequences I made a lot of really poor choices. I was scared, hurt, alone and I yearned for the safety and love of family. I turned to drugs and some bad influences to fill that void.
Some of the friends I had were no good - leading me down a path of sexual and emotional abuse during my middle school years. The drug use picked up which culminated in the horrors of addiction years later.
I was lost, traumatized and in terrible pain. I hid it all with drugs, decent grades and being good at sports. I had ended up with 2 completely different mothers, hence the name of the painting. With all that said, it’s taken a lot of time and work to reach the point of being able to say “I forgive you Mom.”
The blue portion of the painting represents the loving, caring, safe Mom. It’s calming and comforting. The red is the other side of the story - the pain, hurt, fear, anger. The 2 big strokes represent tears
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