I created it after spending time with a beautiful gentleman. We spoke about many things. He told me about his childhood and struggles with addiction and I told him about growing up in a house with parents who had addiction. These works are not really still life works but portraits. I think I not only captured him in this work but a bit of me also.
Guided by her conversations and cherished interaction with patients and families living with dementia during her artist residency at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, Lee Walter has created a body of work that representing the essence of the time she has spent with each individual. Poignant and emotional charged, the work reflects the beautiful and confronting nature of the moments in time that she was privileged to share.