My father was diagnosed with stage 4 stomach cancer over a year ago and passed away a bit over a week ago at 66, after a long and hard battle against the illness. I felt the need to process my own feelings through creating something right now amidst what has probably been the toughest month in my life yet, and here's the result.
Not quite therapy, but a therapeutic experience for sure. Each piece of this series will focus on a different aspect/phase of the illness, hopefully working both on their own and as a coherent collection of pieces for a more complete narrative. Not sure how many parts the series will include in total, but I have concepts in mind for quite a few already. This first part is focused on the immense physical pain that my father was trying to cope with until it all started unraveling with his first CT scan results and the diagnosis.
Rest easy now, dad. ❤
The sculpt is Oblivion by Carlo Borella. The concept for this piece was inspired by the works of Jamie Foster, Pat Sancho & Roman Lappat.