Naked Truth
Painting from a Musea Training
What Painting Class or Training is the artwork from?
Muse Fuse
What year was this painted?
2020-21
What medium is this painted on (i.e. Acrylic on Canvas, Acrylic on Watercolor, Watercolor, etc)
Acrylics
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This painting started with an under painting of prayers and forms to honour the bodies of children who were found buried on the grounds of Kamloops Residential School located on Kamloops Indian Band land near Kamloops city. There are 214 prayer dots for the children who never made it home again from school. My eldest daughter works for Neskonlith Indian Band and is a Professor teaching Social Work at Thompson Rivers University. She was asked to be in attendance at the memorial ceremonies for truth and reconciliation at KIB pow-wow grounds & arbor. My best friend attended the school there graduating in the sixties. She would not speak of it. I lived in this area near Adams Lake Indian Band and Neskonlith Indian Band. I have twin grandsons who are Neskonlith band members. This painting shows the healer holding a turtle to represent the earth called often by First Nation peoples as Turtle Island. She wears a Flicker feather earring for protection and a lotus blossom necklace represents wholeness and healing. I named the painting Naked Truth because nothing is hidden as ALL hidden places are being revealed these days.
