Time Heals

Oil on canvas, 48 × 48 in.

I don’t believe time by itself erases pain. It doesn’t. But it changes it. Slowly, something new starts to grow through the cracks — that is why the sprouts are there, at the bottom, with roots. They are small on purpose. Healing in the beginning is small.

My hope is simple. I hope this painting reaches a person who feels broken into pieces and who recognizes themselves in it — and notices the sprouts. And I hope it supports the work of people who help others through mental pain and recovery. If it can do for one person what painting it did for me, it will be in the right place.

— Tatiana Grace, artist