‘His last wish’: Edmonton mom hopes to get son’s painting to P!nk
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An Edmonton mother hopes the perfect storm will help fulfill her son's last wish. Getting a painting he made while battling cancer, before he died, to the pop star P!nk.
An Edmonton mother hopes the perfect storm will help fulfill her son’s last wish. Artwork inspired by music was how her son expressed himself while he battled cancer.
She wants to get a painting to the pop star who inspired him the most.
Looking back, days full of art are the ones Lori Groves says her son Connor Groves loved the most.
“Connor was just a beautiful human being, he always had a smile, always had a joke,” said Lori.
Connor picked up the hobby after his twin brother Zach, at the age of 21. They both use the canvas as a way to express themselves.
“They were diagnosed with Fragile X syndrome and autism when they were quite young. We were told to institutionalize them because they would never amount to anything in life,” Lori said.
Music inspired their art. They painted how the songs made them feel, and the music opened up a new level of creativity for the two brothers, especially Connor.
“He would listen to the song a few times, then he would pick the colours and then he would do the patterns on his canvas. He would just keep listening and move the paintings around and do his art. It was just incredible,” said Lori.
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