Sam Zimmerman
This newest piece is meant to honor all of these families and and my own. The mother sharing her love with her son after a day of gathering blueberries. She has placed a dream catcher above him in the cedar tree to ensure good dreams while her own mother tends to the fire.
The figures are placed along the four hills/seasons of life with the Nookomis/Grandmother sitting in front of the last hill/season of life. The phases of the moon depict the passage of time along one’s life and the lives of this family