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Darcy's  Journey  
   
 
                   

I was Counting My Days


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Darcy came and sat for us in the studio of the Arts & Letters Club...



          two months before she found the lump in her breast   

  


and she
posed
days
after her biopsy

a diagnosis of cancer....

 
again days after her mastectomy...

during her chemo

 

 

 

 

 

 


            during her five year of tamoxifen







               

 

 

 
 
 

oh, and on the fifth anniversary of her chemo Darcy shaved her hair...

 

 

 

and lovely life went on

lilove

 
 
once, around at Darcy and Donel's, I painted Darcy in costume
what was I drinking?     { they are Irish.   I was tipsy.   "the paint brushes have been drinking" }
 
 
 
and then    eight years on    last summer    2015
abdominal symptoms brought an ultrasound and Darcy     
who had stopped counting her days     
found she was pregnant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                  and here's little Gleeson     three weeks old

 


 





he was sleeping in his portable car-seat
at the begining of the session
and I sat briefly next to him
to draw/painted him
from above

 

and here's Darcy and Gleeson

 

 

footnotes

   



COUNTING MY DAYS


a graphic chronicle
of Darcy's journey

 

          
  

 

 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 

 
 
 
     
 
 
 

 
 

 
 

 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 

 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 

 
 

"I was counting my days"

videos of the show
at the Laurier Gallery
2012?

 

1: the show
2: brief overview
3: speach and music
4: all the pieces

5.: scarred landscape

6: two pieces
7: what's next 
8: early detail
 
 

 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 

 
             
 

 

 

 
                  
 

 

 

 
 
 

 
 

 

 

 
 


             
 
 

 
 

 

 

 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 

 

 

 
 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 
 
 



 
 

 
 

 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 

 
 
 
     
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see also: Heather's Body: first draft - the video
 
 

 

mixed media (water pastels, pen, pencil) on plane plywood panels

 
 

 

Most of the work can be purchased
phone me 416 928 9272 or email to arrange this.