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notions & impressions

Examining and reflecting upon the mother-child relationship, from the attempts to raise a child and to shape what their future holds, to the ways in which the child forges their own path, these domestic portraits of my daughter and myself attest to the selfhood, uncertainty, and parallels that are threaded between us.

 
 
 

Untitled (Minerva) 1, Cyanotype with hand embroidery on found textiles, 31” x 12”

Untitled (Abundance) 1, Cyanotype with hand embroidery on found textiles, 18.75” x 16.5”

Untitled (hearth) 1, Cyanotype with hand embroidery on found textiles, 19” x 16”

Untitled (glicine) 1, Cyanotype with hand embroidery on found textiles, 21” x 17”

Untitled (Tempio di Diana) 1, Cyanotype with hand embroidery on found textiles, 20” x 11.75”

so she rests a little longer, Cyanotype with hand embroidery on found textiles, 17.5” x 20”

but you are mine, Cyanotype with hand embroidery on found textiles, 19” x 15.25”

and you’ll take the sky, Cyanotype on found textile, 24.5” x 17”

was the giant great and still, Cyanotype with hand embroidery on found textiles, 22.5” x 19.5”

drifted over the tide, Cyanotype with hand embroidery on found textiles, 13.75” x 14”

Untitled (Avocado), Cyanotype with hand embroidery on found textiles, 21.5” x 12.5”

let me fly away, Cyanotype with hand embroidery on found textiles, 19” x 21.25”

there’s no more to be said, Cyanotype with hand embroidery on found textiles, 19.75” x 13.5”

till the little wings are stronger, Cyanotype with hand embroidery on found textiles, 16.5” x 16.75”

head full of dreams, Cyanotype with hand embroidery on found textiles, 22.75” x 16.75”

she heaved a sigh, Cyanotype on found textile, 11.75” x 11.75”

she heaved a sigh, Cyanotype on found textile, 11.75” x 11.75”

in what distant deeps or skies, Cyanotype with hand embroidery on found textiles, 18” x 18.5”

out of everywhere into here, Cyanotype with hand embroidery on found textiles, 32” x 13”

but there was nothing to give, Cyanotype with hand embroidery on found textiles, 17” x 20.5”

do not weave yourself a nest, Cyanotype with hand embroidery on found textiles, 18” x 15”

someday when the hands of time invert, Toned cyanotype on found textile, 11” x 11”

someday when the sands of time invert, Toned cyanotype on found textile, 11” x 11”

but there’s always the moon, Cyanotype with hand embroidery on found textile 10.75“ x 10.75“

but there’s always the moon, Cyanotype with hand embroidery on found textile 10.75“ x 10.75“

had a great fall, Cyanotype on found textile, 11” x 11.25”

had a great fall, Cyanotype on found textile, 11” x 11.25”

then you show your little light, Cyanotype on found textile, 14.125“ x 13.5“

then you show your little light, Cyanotype on found textile, 14.125“ x 13.5“

and dreamt she heard, Cyanotype on found textiles, 12.5” x 12.5”

and dreamt she heard, Cyanotype on found textiles, 12.5” x 12.5”

Untitled (Imogen, fence), Cyanotype on found textiles,

Untitled (Imogen, fence), Cyanotype on found textiles,

Untitled (Morgan, closeup), Toned cyanotype on found textiles, 11.25” x 11.5”

Untitled (radial), Toned cyanotype on found textiles, 11.25” x 11.5”

Untitled (Imogen, flowers), Cyanotype with hand embroidery on found textiles, 12” x 12.75”

Untitled (Imogen, flowers), Cyanotype with hand embroidery on found textiles, 12” x 12.75”

that goes in and out with me, Cyanotype with hand embroidery on found textiles, 15” x 18.75”

but it made her heart bleed, Cyanotype on found textile, 11” x 10.75”

but it made her heart bleed, Cyanotype on found textile, 11” x 10.75”

when at last comes the spring, Cyanotype with hand embroidery on found textiles, 29” x 11.5”

Untitled (Imogen, jumping), Cyanotype on found textile,  9.75” x 9.5”

Untitled (Imogen, jumping), Cyanotype on found textile, 9.75” x 9.5”

Untitled (Imogen, Morgan, reaching), Cyanotype on found textile,

shelter you, Cyanotype on found textile, 21.5” x 16”

Untitled (Imogen, clouds), Cyanotype on found textiles,

while your young life seems full of light, Cyanotype on found textiles, 11.5” x 11”

what if we could fly, Cyanotype with hand embroidery on found textile, 11.75“ x 11.5“

what if we could fly, Cyanotype with hand embroidery on found textile, 11.75“ x 11.5“