Stories & Remembrance
The Tribute Art Journal
Stories, ideas and inspiration for remembering the people we love.
November 13, 2026 · 4 min
We Knew She Wanted Cremation. We Hadn't Talked About What Came Next.
A family's conversation about what comes after cremation — and why nobody has to decide yet.
Film · Watch on YouTubeOctober 13, 2026
Wedding Memories with Dad
A short film about carrying a father's presence into one of life's biggest days.
I wish I knew her, but I feel like I do.
August 17, 2026 · 5 min
We each got to remember him our own way
One family, three children, and three very different ways of keeping their father close.
March 8, 2026 · 4 min
The ocean was always her place
A husband honors his wife's love of the ocean with a Wyland keepsake that holds just enough of her to come home.
Film · Watch on YouTubeNovember 12, 2026
New Ways to Honor a Life
A short film on the growing range of ways families can remember someone — and why it helps to know about them early.
July 6, 2026 · 5 min
Tamara's Journal
Artist Tamara Bolger kept a small red notebook while painting a memorial piece for a young woman she never met. These are her words.
August 17, 2026 · 6 min
I wanted to enjoy it first
A prearrangement story about choosing a Wyland piece to live with now — and later.
November 9, 2026 · 4 min
What an Outsider's Experience Taught Us About Memorial Choice
Three years after his wife died, her urn still sat on a shelf. A conversation in Los Angeles about finding something that truly felt like her.
Press release
Tribute Art™ and Wyland® Partner on a New Collection of Memorial Art
Marine life artist and conservationist Wyland brings his celebrated ocean subjects to sculptural memorials designed to live in the home.
May 12, 2026 · 6 min
When embellished art becomes a tribute.
An artist's perspective on paintings that carry a person's story — not just their likeness.
October 22, 2026 · 3 min
How a Model Car Urn Can Open a Bigger Conversation
Not every family will choose a model car urn. But seeing one can be the moment someone starts talking about what remembrance could look like.
Press release
Kelsey Barnes Named Chief Executive Officer
A former Canadian Forces officer and manufacturing leader joins the company behind Tribute Art™ to help bring new ways of remembering into the world.
April 22, 2026 · 5 min
My mom is in the painting in my living room
A daughter keeps her mother close through a piece of art she genuinely loves — not hidden away, but part of her everyday home.