This portfolio is a visual response to my lived experience as a parent of a multiply handicapped child. I wondered “What would heaven be like for our son: “Would it be a place where he was made physically and mentally whole or would it be an accepting, friendly home in which his disabilities did not matter; he would be loved and accepted despite his limitations. It would be a community in which a diversity of people lived in joy and contentment with their Creator.”
Dreams of Heaven #1 H:69cm x W:1.7m Fabric applique Evelyn Martin 1996.
Dreams of Heaven #2 H:69cm x W:1.7m Fabric applique Evelyn Martin 1996
(A modified version of Dreams of Heaven #2 hangs in the Alberta Govt. office of Services to Persons with Developmental Disabilities)
We Belong Together D:25cm Watercolour Evelyn Martin 1991
This watercolour was recreated as a large round fabric work [D:60cm] that hangs in the offices of the Alberta Govt. Services to Persons with Developmental Disabilities.1998
Celebrating Community D:23cm Watercolour Evelyn Martin 1995
Commissioned by Gateway Association for Community Living to celebrate 20 years of family support, inclusion advocacy and action. .