Meet "Maureen" who is an amazing human and was a part of the Epilepsy Portraits, which has been a wonderful ongoing project with the Edmonton Epilepsy Association, and Lauren Dary (our amazing photographer). I first proposed this project to the EEA in 2024, and it has been a wonderful year of interviewing participants, photographing them, and then painting their portraits.

The portraits themselves are meant to be vibrant, joyful and evoke an overall feeling of triumph. Living with a chronic illness at best is a daily struggle, and epilepsy, in particular, is an invisible illness. If you looked at these portraits, you would never know the person is living with epilepsy, and this is truly why I felt like we needed to do the project. This painting in particular is about Timothy who is a young boy, and his family's story is something that everyone can relate to!

Enjoy reading more about Maureen, and her inspiring story of hope in the following slides - I hope you are inspired by her story as much as I am!

Acrylic on Canvas 

12x16