"The Name That Stayed – Painting Bumble"
Read the story behind Bumble, a sacred bumblebee painting created in memory of the artist’s mother and the nickname that never left.
Some names fade over time. Others become sacred.
My mum used to call me Bumble when I was little. I can still hear her voice - soft, amused, calling me in from the garden, or laughing when I was busy doing something curious. That name was a hug.
She passed away a couple of years ago, and since then, I’ve seen bumblebees at the most unexpected times. In the dead of winter. In places they shouldn’t be. Always gentle. Always arriving like a whisper from the other side.
I painted this small colour study in her memory. A moment in ochre and gold. A bee caught in its quiet work - the kind of presence that doesn’t ask for attention, but leaves you changed.
This painting is called Bumble, not just for the bee, but for the child I was… and the mother who saw me.
It’s a tribute not only to her, but to the way grief carries love forward - in wings, in names, in the smallest living things.
May it bring a little light to your memory, too.
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