Lost Series
After the loss of my mother, I took my feeling of being lost without her to my art. The series, in a way, is still in progress I am continuing making art in reference to her absence in my life.
Unseen Mixed media photograph with acrylic 30" x 22" x 0.0" 2020 Unseen is based on Islamic tapestry, layered with a self-portrait. After her death I wanted to know more about my identity so I looked at different aspects of my life. My father's culture, a culture, I have never been raised with or have any knowledge of but I wanted to learn. I am still unseen and unknown in my father’s ethnicity but it hangs over my head.
Every Dream of You… Waxed dipped roses 3’ x 6’ x 1" 2019-Present Each rose is dipped in waxed after having dreamt of my mother. This is an ongoing/growing installation.
Words I Should Have Said… Etching Print with Laser Etched Glass, 12x12x2", 2021 Drypoint etching framed in a shadow box which has been laser etched with my mother's eulogy.
Her Last Gifts, Mixed Media Linoleum print with watercolor pencil flowers, surrounded by Spanish moss while in frame, 30x14x 2”, 2021 My mother's hands are giving "gifts" as her wish of how she would want me to live my life, even without her. The flowers have different meanings like strength, luck and love. The print is surrounded and encased in Spanish Moss, in a way final resting place for her.
Lost in My Thoughts, 14x14”, Mixed Media, digital drawing transfer, watercolor and letterpress, 2022 For a while, I seemed to be disassociated from everything after her passing. I felt I was trapped in my head with no way out.
Two Sisters Trying to Exist, Ever Since…, Ceramic raku fired, 12x 6x 4”, 2023 My sister and I have become closer to one another after our mother's passing. She and I support each other in unconventional ways, we have our cracks and missing pieces but have seemed to found a way to continue with one another.