40 × 30mm Timed, signed, limited edition print of the soft pastel work, Where we said goodbye. Archive Quality, German Etching paper print.
This product includes the signed and numbered print and certification. This print is unframed and has a red border.
“This was the place I said goodbye to you. I remember here, when I found out you were sick and how we left your ashes where you loved to be most. A fishing peg, at your favourite place. We put our feet in there. We laughed when Ciara was sure she felt a fish stake a nibble of her feet and she sqeaked! We were sure it was you. A wind-up to let us know you were okay.
It feels like at one point in life everything should be okay but the truth is I’ll always be changed. I knew it from the day you died and it’s true now. Nothing will quite ever be the way it was, and strangely that’s the way it’s supposed to be...? I wish it wasn’t such a sad place - to come to accept losing someone. I wish there was a magic thing that could let us feel okay with losing them. But really it will never ever be… ‘right’
In this piece I was also seeking forgiveness. I am so sorry. I want to be forgiven for some of the things I did and said that I could’ve done better. Our relationship was scary, ultimately. And I was afraid all the time that you would hurt me in some way. And shielding myself from that pain I felt that I missed out on the potential for our relationship to be good.
On reflection I definitely see how my self preservation led to my dad and I being more gentle with each other in the long run... Although I lost him, just as we were beginning to cultivate a real friendship again, I don’t think we would’ve cultivated anything if I had let things carry on, the way they were before that. So I’m happy we had our disagreements, arguments, hang-up phone calls and angry moments. Because eventually we met each other again, as better, more forgiving people.
I’m glad I got to know that part of you.”
- Karlee Hankin
40 × 30mm Timed, signed, limited edition print of the soft pastel work, Where we said goodbye. Archive Quality, German Etching paper print.
This product includes the signed and numbered print and certification. This print is unframed and has a red border.
“This was the place I said goodbye to you. I remember here, when I found out you were sick and how we left your ashes where you loved to be most. A fishing peg, at your favourite place. We put our feet in there. We laughed when Ciara was sure she felt a fish stake a nibble of her feet and she sqeaked! We were sure it was you. A wind-up to let us know you were okay.
It feels like at one point in life everything should be okay but the truth is I’ll always be changed. I knew it from the day you died and it’s true now. Nothing will quite ever be the way it was, and strangely that’s the way it’s supposed to be...? I wish it wasn’t such a sad place - to come to accept losing someone. I wish there was a magic thing that could let us feel okay with losing them. But really it will never ever be… ‘right’
In this piece I was also seeking forgiveness. I am so sorry. I want to be forgiven for some of the things I did and said that I could’ve done better. Our relationship was scary, ultimately. And I was afraid all the time that you would hurt me in some way. And shielding myself from that pain I felt that I missed out on the potential for our relationship to be good.
On reflection I definitely see how my self preservation led to my dad and I being more gentle with each other in the long run... Although I lost him, just as we were beginning to cultivate a real friendship again, I don’t think we would’ve cultivated anything if I had let things carry on, the way they were before that. So I’m happy we had our disagreements, arguments, hang-up phone calls and angry moments. Because eventually we met each other again, as better, more forgiving people.
I’m glad I got to know that part of you.”
- Karlee Hankin
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