Art and Beauty Tuesday--Ria Hills

This painting, called "Marge", by Ria Hills is one of a series called "Fractured" that Hills has painted of residents of her mother's nursing home.

I love how she uses separately painted blocks to illustrate both the fractured nature of Alzheimer's and the individuality of each resident.

When I first saw this painting, I felt I knew this woman--that's how much of her personality came through.  When I found out she, like my own mother, suffers from Alzheimer's, I was even more drawn to it.

I found this painting on Daily Painters of Massachusetts.  Hills also has some beautiful paintings on her own blog.