Stages of Growth Jacqueline Donald The artwork features a windswept

The artwork features a windswept tree by a tranquil lake at sunset

The background is a collage of books and the overlay is done with acrylic paint

polyacrylic finish

radiant soul—that even creatures can tell a good apple from a bad

Stages of Growth Jacqueline Donald The artwork features a windsweptRuth Miladinovic The echo in time I am choosing to depict is the present, though it has small elements from the past and future. Early 2025, I found out my dad had stage four non hodgkin lymphoma. This painting captures how I felt in the moment I found out, like I was a little girl again and all I wanted was my dad. However, it also came from a specific moment that stuck with me when we were waiting to find out if the chemo had killed all the cancer.