Family on a Holiday, 2021

Details and context

Part of the series “Family Portraits”, with my take on the progress of what it means to be a family today, inspired by Bart van der Leck’s painting ‘Family’ from 1917.

Another area of progress is the increase of divorce rates.

How can this be progress?

Divorces are very sad and painful for all people involved, I’m not denying that, I know this firsthand. However, I still believe it’s progress because more people are able to and brave enough to choose to end a marriage, rather than being locked up in a marriage that stopped working for whatever reason. Life is too short for that.

As divorces become more commonplace, I do hope the social stigma associated with it will disappear. It is not helpful, and a divorce is hard enough already.

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