hand-pulled silk screened shapes, ink drawing on paper. 2016.

This was the first of the detailed drawings that I added color to. I decided to create a multilayered silkscreen print to draw on top of.

hand-pulled silk screened shapes, ink drawing, and gold leaf on paper, 2016.

This piece started out as a portrait of a friend, over the course of working on it I experienced a lot of betrayal regarding this person, so it turned into a very angry expression. Kintsugi is a Japanese form of mending ceramics with gold. Here I have used the gold leaf in expressive text and splatters to signify the sealing of the ended fate of this relationship instead. Ending this relationship allowed me to mend myself by removing what wasn’t good for me and sealing it out of my life forever.

The time of quarantine seems to magnify both the rewards and isolation of caring for children. We are thankful for our comfortable home and the privilege of being able to stay at home but, as a mother, there are no breaks. The attention of children is constant, the guilt of parenting gafs is pervasive. We are all always in the same room.

Inspired by the lifestyle paintings of Jan Steen and portraits of John Singer Sargent, these images attempt to capture a moment of motherhood that is all at once overwhelming, rewarding, lonely, chaotic and heartwarming.

The time of quarantine seems to magnify both the rewards and isolation of caring for children. We are thankful for our comfortable home and the privilege of being able to stay at home but, as a mother, there are no breaks. The attention of children is constant, the guilt of parenting gafs is pervasive. We are all always in the same room.

Inspired by the lifestyle paintings of Jan Steen and portraits of John Singer Sargent, these images attempt to capture a moment of motherhood that is all at once overwhelming, rewarding, lonely, chaotic and heartwarming.