Remembering the Sky was created in honour of Robert Marchessault’s father, Dr. Robert H. Marchessault, who died in September 2015 after battling Alzheimer’s disease. In his final months, Dr. Marchessault had quiet periods where he would stare out the window at the sky. The artist didn’t know what his father was feeling or thinking, because the disease robbed him of the ability to say many words. The image of the blue sky and clouds mapped onto the brain is Robert Marchessault’s attempt to connect with his father’s very personal final journey.

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