{"id":2123,"date":"2013-01-17T00:53:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-17T00:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/index.php\/2013\/01\/17\/art-after-death\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T19:48:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T19:48:15","slug":"art-after-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/art-after-death","title":{"rendered":"Art after Death"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Artist Rebecca Campbell discusses finding her way back from tragedy through painting. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/rebecca-campbell\/art-and-grief_b_2481232.html\">Read full story from the Huffington Post here.&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"308\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2013-01-15-5_Layyourburdensdown.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2013-01-15-5_Layyourburdensdown.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2013-01-15-5_Layyourburdensdown-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Rebecca Campbell, \u201cLay your burdens down,\u201d 2012, 12\" x 20,\u201c Oil on Canvas<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a simple act to look and paint. There is no cutting edge in sight. It\u2019s what flickers between the edges, burning and warming us both, that the practice has managed to gather. We are all given birth to begin and death to end. This experience is not exclusive or unique. 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