A haunting painting of a dead 100-year-old woman, painted over three days as a devotional study by her artist daughter, won the UK's leading prize for portraiture Tuesday 22 June. Daphne Todd, age 63, was named winner of the BP Portrait prize for Last Portrait of Mother. Todd had painted her mother Annie a number of times over the years and said that it felt right to do so when she died. The undertaker allowed her to spend three days in the funeral parlour cool room painting her mother's body. Todd expects that some people may be shocked or upset by the painting.
The painting may be a bit morbid, but I can still see the beauty of it. If by painting her mother even though she is dead, Todd feels closer to her mother than I do not see the problem with it. We all grieve in our own way. I think that it is a tribute to Todd’s mother, that her daughter was still able to paint her so beautifully even though she is dead. I can see how some may be shocked or upset by it, but a lot of paintings that hang in museums can b seen as morbid as well.
Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/jun/22/last-portrait-of-mother-portrait
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