Artwork Collection

01 For Jurying Consideration

Family Chain transforms family photo archives into large-scale paintings honoring my aunt. I explore grief, memory, and the connection between the living and the deceased through intimate snapshots. Using blue to reflect memory’s evolution, as well as symbols like halos and her obituary, the work blends personal and spiritual reverence. It’s a meditation on portraiture as a means to preserve memory and process unresolved grief.

Acrylic Painting Family Photo Archive Memory Exploration Colour Psychology

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It broke our hearts to lose you, You did not go alone. For part of us went you, The day God called you home.
It broke our hearts to lose you, You did not go alone. For part of us went you, The day God called you home.

Painting

It broke our hearts to lose you, You did not go alone. For part of us went you, The day God called you home.

Family Chain 2/4

Our family chain is broken, And nothing seems the same, But as God calls us one by one, The chain will link again.
Our family chain is broken, And nothing seems the same, But as God calls us one by one, The chain will link again.

Painting

Our family chain is broken, And nothing seems the same, But as God calls us one by one, The chain will link again.

Family Chain 4/4

We knew little that morning, God was going to call your name, In life we loved you dearly, In death we do the same.
We knew little that morning, God was going to call your name, In life we loved you dearly, In death we do the same.

Painting

We knew little that morning, God was going to call your name, In life we loved you dearly, In death we do the same.

Family Chain 1/4

You left us beautiful memories, Your love is still our guide. And though we cannot see you, You are always by our side.
You left us beautiful memories, Your love is still our guide. And though we cannot see you, You are always by our side.

Painting

You left us beautiful memories, Your love is still our guide. And though we cannot see you, You are always by our side.

Family Chain 3/4

Work by

Johnathan Dunslow

Drawing and Painting

“The passing of my aunt marked a profound moment of personal loss in my life. It’s been almost seven years, and I still struggle to come to terms with fully processing my grief. In the months after...” [More]