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Barbara McLain           
Barbara McLain           
    Portfolios
      ABSTRACTED FIGURE
      GO FIGURE: Conversations From the Wall
      THE VULNERABLE HUMAN
      LIBERATION
      PYRAMID SERIES
    About
      ARTIST STATEMENT
      UPCOMING SHOWS
      RESUME
      AWARDS, PUBLICATIONS, TEACHING
    Books
      ART BOOKS
    Contact
      Contact Information
THE VUNERABLE HUMAN
In 2017, my older brother, who lived at a distance in assisted living, was rapidly declining. As his health care agent and as a hospice nurse, it became clear that we needed to enroll him in hospice. This experience elicited feelings of his and my own vulnerability as a human. In response to these emotions, I started a painting showing a vulnerable female on a rock, wrapped in animal skin as her only protection, and anxiously watching a shrouded male figure slipping away to another shore, another realm. This triggered additional paintings within the same theme, the vulnerable human, resulting in this series.
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