EDIT i won first place [link]
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this is my entry for the contest of
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this inspire me so much

About my Hero:
My hero is my mom, she died at the age of 48 when I was 19 years old. She had Breast Cancer, I am an only child, and I grew up without a father, my mom did all her best for us both, and that’s how i still think until now, she is.....
somehow i feel she is just around me. It was hard for me when my mom was in the Hospital for months, I saw her in real pain.....and I dont want to remember it that way.
My mom is a happy person, we always love to talk and share...She loved God so much and that’s why i think that she died happy and peaceful...I am not sad at all, because I know that she is now being happy with God in Heaven and not in pain anymore....
My mom never ever tolerated my bad habits and attitude, she always wants the best for me, She believes in my dreams as an artist and she did everything to support me, now there are just some few people who believe in my dreams, most says that artist are poor, but I believe that we got so much than other normal people dont have...we see more than what they see...and as a tribute to my mom, I keep on going toward the direction of my dreams, every step i take i feel her beside me, thinking that she’s happy and smiling, specially when i am overcoming problems in my way...I pray, i do, a lot....and the same as my mom, i believe in God who is the creator and the greatest artist, who gives me strength and being the guiding light until i reach the goal and get the prize for which God called me (Philippians 3:14) *there’s much more to say but there’s not enough space to write it all*



About the artwork:
It is Blue, dark, and cold....the months when my mom was ill and laying in the hospital bed, the person in the right side is me with more visible image, while the image in the left side is my mom, her clothes are more bright, and its like that she is floating in the air.... you cant see her but you can feel her...and our path is lighted, our guide through the dark path....
By the way, at that time ...the song “high” from the lighthouse family was my favorite and i was singing that always in the hospital... there was this one night after my Mom’s burial i was awaken by someone’s touch in my arms, i was looking around and even went to the next room to see who that is, but no one was awake at around 3am , then i was hearing the song “high” playing in the radio...i think that was my mom waking me up for my favorite song...
I worked with this painting while listening to that song over and over again...i really like the lyrics, as if it is my mom’s words for me.....

When you're close to tears remember
Someday it'll all be over
One day we're gonna get so high
Though it's darker than December
What's ahead is a different colour
One day we're gonna get so high

Someday in the right time, i will be with my mom and my creator

Don't you think it's time you started
Doing what we always wanted
One day we're gonna get so high
Cause even the impossible
Is easy when we got each other
One day we're gonna get so high

This i always keep in mind whenever i feel so down, and like giving up

Cause we are gonna be
Forever, you and me
You will Always keep me flying high in the sky Of love

This is made with so much LOVE in the remembrance of my mommy Rowena.
,
Vanessa
p.s.
poor quality of my scanner, sowee!