Hot Heart, Cold Stare
“Monday Morning,” 36”x44” Egg tempera on wood 1983 Aviva Rahmani
My parents worked in Venezuela for many years, where they experienced a range of violence at times. One day I dreamt of a painting, which I would call, "Monday Morning." It is the image that accompanies this essay and it was only later that I learned my father had been robbed and I had painted his experience. He was already an old man by then. I am sure his robbers had their own story about what happened that day.