Does It Have To Be Goodbye? explores grief as a landscape, a fleeting moment. The solitary fox, turning away from the viewer, occupies a forest where darkened trees create distance and separation. Rather than illustrating loss directly, this work considers the quiet space that grief leaves behind - the moments of reflection where absence becomes a presence of its own.
Despite the enclosing darkness, colour emerges from the forest floor, suggesting moments and memories that continue to exist. The butterflies represent transformation and connection that remains even after parting.
"Does it have to be goodbye,
As we part and go our ways?
Can't we stay a little longer,
Enjoy the sun's warm rays?
Our time together was fleeting,
But the memories will remain,
Perhaps we'll meet again,
In a place beyond this life.
So let us not say farewell,
But instead, a simple "until"..."
Does It Have To Be Goodbye? reflects on the idea that while farewells are inevitable, there is a quiet belief that every goodbye may, in some way, become an until.
