AFTER A LONG TIME and a lot of patience and heartache this piece has finally come to a close.

My best friend Sharon and constant source of my inspiration who is also in my piece, The Source and Origin passed away on the 28th November from a very brave struggle against cancer.

My world was crushed and every day was a struggle to get through without her and still is. She taught me so much and as I continue learning I feel she is here by side guiding me.

I started this piece when she was still here at the beginning of her illness and in some ways never wanted to finish it until the time was right. Only now that it is complete do I feel that I have done her justice, and by finishing it after her death it spans the end.

I wanted to portray heaven - or should I say, one interpretation of it - and to capture and convey to you her essence.

In many ways I never wanted to finish it. For me it felt as though she was still here whilst I continued with it. But, now it is done, a chapter has passed.

Layer upon layer of clouds make up the main centre of this piece, I stopped counting when I reached 150. It just had to look cohesive, like it fit in with the rest of the picture. The city of heaven was very difficult to complete. I actually started this as a separate picture - as with a lot of this - and merged them all to make the final composition. Layers of any old buildings I could find went into it to give it a very ancient and powerful feel.

Sharon had beautiful red hair and I wanted to capture the colour of this here. The dress was based on MooseyFate stock, but includes a lot of original manipulation like embroidery and silk and lace.

There are so many personal elements that went into the creation of this piece that I don't know where to start, but I would like to share a couple of them with you:

The three doves represent - one flying for every year that she touched my life. The one sitting on the bench represents myself, grounded now that she is no longer here.

Sharon was a Scorpio so the constellation of this is behind the moon.

There are a lot of protection symbols within the carvings on the bench.

Where she was laid to rest is now among the buildings and the spires of the city.

I hope you enjoy.

Thank you for viewing my work.

Nikolai

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