LIFE AFTER TEF

Life After Teff Look

Gray Wool Hat- Vintage, gift

Sunglasses- American Apparel

Hulk Tee- Thrift Shop

Gray Cardigan- American Apparel

Gold Pin- Thrift Shop

Gold Watch- Timex, gift

Black Dress (worn as skirt)- Thrift shop

Vintage Leather Brief Case- Coach

Life After Teff Spirit Stick- by hand painted Zapora Strange

"Life After Tef" is a project I've been working on since the death of my companion of 14 years, Teffra.  After she died I began collecting and painting the dead sticks from the ground around the pine trees she used to sit under.  For me painting these sticks is a very spiritual and emotional journey towards healing.

Life After Tef is grief art.  It is the exploration of the idea that beauty and color can be manifested from death and pain. It is also an exploration of what life after death really means. 

Painting these sticks is a representation of bringing life back to something that was once dead. Adding color to someplace where there otherwise would not be.

This is a work in progress, I expect to paint over a 100 sticks.

Keep an eye out for more "Life After Tef" artwork.

Teffra 

January 8th 1997-May 7th 2011