Mary Woods

Generation Game, 2026

Acrylic on canvas

‘This is a painting of my mom, Lucy, playing a card game with her granddaughter, Lucy. Mom is in her spot in our family home, where she continued to live almost until her death in 2024. Generation Game captures a moment in time, but it also reflects the quality of life that Mom and our family were lucky enough to enjoy as she aged, because she lived with and continued to be an active member of a multigenerational family.’

Generation Game, 2026

Aicrileach ar chanbhás

‘Seo pictiúr de mo mham, Lucy, ag imirt cluiche cárta lena gariníon, Lucy. Tá Mam suite ina spota féin inár dteach, an áit a raibh cónaí uirthi go dtí go gairid sula bhfuair sí bás in 2024. Is nóiméad ama ar leith atá á léiriú i gCluiche Glúine, ach is léargas atá ann freisin ar an gcaighdeán saoil a bhí ag Mam agus ag ár dteaghlach nuair a bhí sí ag dul in aois. Lean sí ar aghaidh ina cónaí le teaghlach ilghlúine agus bhí ról gníomhach aici sa teaghlach sin freisin.’

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