Lupin Fields Photo'd by Gabriella
The Watercolors
When all options for Tina’s medical care had been exhausted, Fred took a few months off from work to provide hospice care for his wife at home.
A scientist by profession, Fred selected a new hobby for his own respite during the hours while Tina slept.
Painting became a calming outlet for the stresses and heartache of the caregiving for his loved one. The dining room became his makeshift studio. He accumulated a rainbow of watercolor paints, brushes and canvases.
During the weeks when I unable to visit Tina personally, I took photographs outdoors and prepared them as greeting cards to send to her. The photos depicted tranquil scenes of the rural Salinas Valley; pastoral rolling hills, dotted with oaks and lupin, where flocks of Spring lambs grazed from February through April. Fred selected some of my landscape photographs as subjects for his watercolor paintings.
In the weeks following Tina’s passing, Fred gave his watercolors to me. Self trained as an artist, it was evident that he had been gifted with a natural talent. His keen eye, combined with his craftsmanship resulted in calming depictions of the local terrain.
Fred’s paintings are a beautiful tribute to caregiving. During times of heartache and loss, he created paintings of peace and beauty, which he now shares, to comfort others.
This is an excerpt from "Where the Red Tailed Hawk Flies: Love Conquers Cancer"
Copyright ©2003 by Red Tailed Hawk Publishing/All Rights Reserved
When all options for Tina’s medical care had been exhausted, Fred took a few months off from work to provide hospice care for his wife at home.
A scientist by profession, Fred selected a new hobby for his own respite during the hours while Tina slept.
Painting became a calming outlet for the stresses and heartache of the caregiving for his loved one. The dining room became his makeshift studio. He accumulated a rainbow of watercolor paints, brushes and canvases.
During the weeks when I unable to visit Tina personally, I took photographs outdoors and prepared them as greeting cards to send to her. The photos depicted tranquil scenes of the rural Salinas Valley; pastoral rolling hills, dotted with oaks and lupin, where flocks of Spring lambs grazed from February through April. Fred selected some of my landscape photographs as subjects for his watercolor paintings.
In the weeks following Tina’s passing, Fred gave his watercolors to me. Self trained as an artist, it was evident that he had been gifted with a natural talent. His keen eye, combined with his craftsmanship resulted in calming depictions of the local terrain.
Fred’s paintings are a beautiful tribute to caregiving. During times of heartache and loss, he created paintings of peace and beauty, which he now shares, to comfort others.
This is an excerpt from "Where the Red Tailed Hawk Flies: Love Conquers Cancer"
Copyright ©2003 by Red Tailed Hawk Publishing/All Rights Reserved