One Soldier is a painting by Johnny Johnston which was uploaded on October 29th, 2011.
Title
One Soldier
Artist
Johnny Johnston
Medium
Painting - Acrylic/canvas
Description
One Soldier was a process of pain, hope and sorrow.
I was going through a divorce at the time , recovering from cancer surgery, thinking about my children who I missed terribly and had seen momentarily from time to time, remembering the miscarriage of twins which when happening didn�t truly register and the eventual birth of my baby daughter a year and a half later, whom I love more than life itself.
Recognizing that there is only an 11% chance of conception occurring during each sexual occurrence, it dawned on me how rare and incredible starting a new life really is and how some hunger without any hope as they find nothing to soothe the emptiness of not being able to conceive.
Because of this and missing my family deeply during that time I became engrossed in the fact that after already having two beautiful sons and a history of male children in my family how blessed I was to have finally conceived a beautiful daughter.
One Soldier, was much more than paint on canvas; it was my way of trying to understand life, as it unfolds (my first wife died in my arms of cancer on her 24th birthday and her mother had flown over from Sweden to be with us. My first thought upon Catarina�s death that afternoon was not how difficult it was for me to lose a wife I loved but how unbelievably hard it must have been for my mother-in-law to lose a child) and how meaningful the moment when that ONE SOLDIER reaches the destination of conception truly is in life!
It is a beginning which we applaud but is only a beginning, as the unity between the child and it�s parents are the results of a miracle that spans not only the nine months of growth within the mother but a life time of growth understanding that conception is a miracle of Gods to embrace and cherish.
Uploaded
October 29th, 2011
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Comments (4)
Krista Ouellette
Johnny, Your paintings are absolutely amazing!! Could easily favorite them all; will have to suffice with return visits!!
Johnny Johnston replied:
Krista, Thank you so much for your kind comments. I have posted in a blog the inspiration for this piece which you can read at the base of my home page. J