Expressing our hearts on canvas

This is the start of a very personal piece to me.  My mother has dementia and I want to express the disappearing memories but not just that.  I also want to have a focus and connection with the good that was and remains.  The moments of clarity, the funny situations that happen with memory loss and also the beauty of the person remaining.  The precious time remaining and how life is lived moment by moment. To help me to not live in what should or could have been, but finding the golden thread in every day.

Now, all this will be done in an abstract realism style. I will have to rely on colours and form and focus areas to tell the story, without it being obvious.  So far, I have created a soft coloured background, some spray paint for atmosphere and roughly painted the image of an older lady sitting down. There's some floating words and symbols that I collaged on there.  As I always do, I will now stare at the image and add bits and pieces of colours, lines, symbols and who knows what else!