Alexander Koleszar - Dementia Spring

Alexander Koleszar

Work Description

Oil painter, caretaker (9 years) and author. Currently finishing “The Architecture of Grace – An Artist’s Perspective on Caregiving in the Shadow of Dementia”. Several paintings. Diary excerpts. Powerful & Painful.

Art Mediums: Painting, Writing

Location: Arizona, United States

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A painting. One hand reaches through a prison door, holding a metronome. Another pair of hands, older, reaches through a prison door, attempting to grab the object. The background shows a theme of discourse, with a large crack in the ground.

‘What is Given? What is Taken’ by Alexander Koleszar

Painting displays the complex nature of providing care to a parent living with dementia

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Memory Tree by Alexander Koleszar shows a blue butterfly flying away from a tree branch. There are shadows of other butterflies in the sunset background.

“Painting Dementia: A Son’s Reflections on Care, Memory and Meaning” by Alexander Koleszar

Collection of paintings serves as an outlet for a son and caregiver amid the day-to-day challenges of providing for his parents at home

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