{"id":1761273,"date":"2026-02-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1761273"},"modified":"2026-02-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T21:00:00","slug":"painted-by-hand-a-stop-motion-film-eulogizes-a-lost-childhood-home-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1761273","title":{"rendered":"Painted by Hand, a Stop-Motion Film Eulogizes a Lost Childhood Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content prose-colossal max-w-none\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-default entry-header is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"colo-post-featured-image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/mitcham-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"a painting by Jason Mitcham of a man in a construction hat\" style=\"object-fit:cover\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">All images courtesy of Jason Mitcham<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group post-title is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0bc941e6 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h1 class=\"alignfull wp-block-post-title\">Painted by Hand, a Stop-Motion Film Eulogizes a Lost Childhood Home<\/h1>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-meta is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-02-10T18:33:02-06:00\">February 10, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a class=\"category-animation\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/animation\/\" rel=\"tag\">Animation<\/a><a class=\"category-art\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/art\/\" rel=\"tag\">Art<\/a><a class=\"category-film\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/film\/\" rel=\"tag\">Film<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/author\/gebert\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">Grace Ebert<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-share-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing has-visible-labels has-icon-color is-style-logos-only is-layout-flex wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-is-layout-flex\">\n<li style=\"color: #1c1e0d\" class=\"outermost-social-sharing-link outermost-social-sharing-link-facebook has-crow-color wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link\">\n\t<a 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In 2011, the local government seized the house and the land he grew up on via eminent domain to widen what was then High Point Road into what\u2019s now Gate City Boulevard. Mitcham last saw the site in 2023, when a paved highway blanketed where the neighborhood once stood, and fragments of garages and barns still marked the landscape.<\/p>\n<p>To memorialize this beloved landmark, Mitcham hand-painted \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/1161071310\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ever Behind the Sunset<\/a>,\u201d a touching stop-motion film that combines a series of expressive compositions with audio from the artist\u2019s mother and his own home videos taken throughout the 1980s. Panels of thick, gestural brushstrokes animate a story of loss, grief, and remembrance as if viewed through a dreamlike haze.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Mitcham shares that the film reflects a series of compounding devastations, both personal and local: \u201cthe collapse of my father\u2019s civil engineering and land-surveying firm after the 2008 housing crisis, my parents\u2019 bankruptcy, his death, followed by my mother\u2019s, and the community\u2019s fight against the commercial development that would permanently alter their neighborhood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s worth watching the behind-the-scenes video that shares more of the artist\u2019s process and thinking. Explore an archive of his films and works on canvas on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jasonmitcham.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">his website<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jason_mitcham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>. You might also like the paintings of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/tags\/jeremy-miranda\/\">Jeremy Miranda<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/mitcham-2.jpeg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-469429\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1668\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/mitcham-2.jpeg\" alt=\"a painting by Jason Mitcham of a man in a construction hat\" class=\"wp-image-469437\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/mitcham-4.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-469429\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/mitcham-4.jpg\" alt=\"a painting by Jason Mitcham of a pond and billboards\" class=\"wp-image-469438\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"after-entry\" role=\"complementary\" aria-label=\"After Entry\">\n<section id=\"block-16\" class=\"widget widget_block widget_text\">\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:#88caf0\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Do stories and artists like this matter to you?<\/strong><\/mark> Become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/members\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"118516\">Colossal Member<\/a> now, and support independent arts publishing.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"block-17\" class=\"widget widget_block\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top member-benefits is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hide advertising<\/li>\n<li>Save your favorite articles<\/li>\n<li>Get 15% off in the <a href=\"https:\/\/colossal.shop\/\">Colossal Shop<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Receive members-only newsletter<\/li>\n<li>Give 1% for art supplies in K-12 classrooms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top member-options is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Join us today!<\/h3>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-crow-color has-verdigris-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/colossal.memberful.com\/checkout?plan=113464\">$7\/month<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-crow-color has-verdigris-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/colossal.memberful.com\/checkout?plan=113463\">$75\/year<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-crow-color has-chalk-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/members\/\">Explore membership options<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"20\" height=\"21\" class=\"wp-image-327872\" style=\"width: 20px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/arrow-left.svg\" alt><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/aside>\n<nav class=\"navigation post-navigation\" role=\"navigation\">\n<div class=\"nav-links\">\n<div class=\"nav-next\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2026\/02\/donte-k-hayes-ceramics-porcelain-sculptures\/\" rel=\"next\">Previous article<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"nav-previous\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2026\/02\/amoako-boafo-portraits\/\" rel=\"prev\">Next article<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All images courtesy of Jason Mitcham Painted by Hand, a Stop-Motion Film Eulogizes a Lost Childhood Home February 10, 2026 AnimationArtFilm Grace Ebert Share Pin Email Bookmark Jason Mitcham\u2019s childhood home in Greensboro, North Carolina, is no longer standing. 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