40 × 26cm Timed, signed, limited edition prints of the soft pastel works, Lighter. Archive Quality, German Etching paper print.
The products include the signed and numbered print and certification. They come unframed and have a sand-yellow border.
“No.8 and 9 Lighter are very obvious separation pieces. Like a single reality split into two. The colours, compared to the last piece, tell the story of how death really feels.
There is a strange lightness after they pass. When you see a parent in so much pain, they’re passing is the only thing left they can do to ease it. And you kind of want it for them.
I’ve said for some time there is this honour about being by someone’s side whilst they’re going through their last days. It’s a privilege, and should not be treated lightly. This is a very touchy subject around my father’s death, because he had a lot of people that loved and cared for him. And a lot of people that felt they were pushed aside, including myself.
Loss is made harder by people who go inwards and become selfish and destructive. The sheer amount of badmouthing and spiteful, nasty talk at that time was intolerable. A lingering heaviness you don’t want around during someone’s last days.
At one point I felt at fault. But I don’t think it’s my fault anymore. I think if I did, this piece would be in about four or five pieces. This piece was about really honouring the separation between my father and myself, and thinking at length about the separation between my sister and I.
At one point I was all for a reconciliation, because I recognised the pain she was in and why she was so angry. But I don’t feel that way anymore. I feel like I wasn't afforded any grace to cope in my own way - the only way I knew how. And that some things (and people) are better off apart.”
- Karlee Hankin
40 × 26cm Timed, signed, limited edition prints of the soft pastel works, Lighter. Archive Quality, German Etching paper print.
The products include the signed and numbered print and certification. They come unframed and have a sand-yellow border.
“No.8 and 9 Lighter are very obvious separation pieces. Like a single reality split into two. The colours, compared to the last piece, tell the story of how death really feels.
There is a strange lightness after they pass. When you see a parent in so much pain, they’re passing is the only thing left they can do to ease it. And you kind of want it for them.
I’ve said for some time there is this honour about being by someone’s side whilst they’re going through their last days. It’s a privilege, and should not be treated lightly. This is a very touchy subject around my father’s death, because he had a lot of people that loved and cared for him. And a lot of people that felt they were pushed aside, including myself.
Loss is made harder by people who go inwards and become selfish and destructive. The sheer amount of badmouthing and spiteful, nasty talk at that time was intolerable. A lingering heaviness you don’t want around during someone’s last days.
At one point I felt at fault. But I don’t think it’s my fault anymore. I think if I did, this piece would be in about four or five pieces. This piece was about really honouring the separation between my father and myself, and thinking at length about the separation between my sister and I.
At one point I was all for a reconciliation, because I recognised the pain she was in and why she was so angry. But I don’t feel that way anymore. I feel like I wasn't afforded any grace to cope in my own way - the only way I knew how. And that some things (and people) are better off apart.”
- Karlee Hankin
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