compromise
noun: a settlement of differences by mutual concessions;
compromise was one of my first works, back in 1999. i was working out of my carport, raising my two teen daughters solo, welding and fabricating functional gates, doors, arbors….to make ends meet and wondering how long i would have to “compromise” myself in this life i’d chosen. there were other challenges as well going on in my personal life and i had to come to terms and make a choice balanced by truth, heart and mind. this piece is a result of how i felt inside being pulled apart, hanging on to my life knowing that the consequence of my choice(s) would effect my daughters.
in the end the earth kept me upright, truths were revealed and the heart always knew. i traded this piece with another artist for a large oil painting of “geisha” lips! it resides in my youngest daughters nest in chicago.