given,2020,gum bichromate, watercolor on traditional gesso, muslin on panel, soluvar,8 X 9
falling,2020,gum bichromate, watercolor on traditional gesso, muslin on panel, soluvar,29 X 35
no truer words were spoken v2,2020,gum bichromate, watercolor on traditional ground, muslin on panel, soluvar,26.5 X 40
baby done cry,2020,gum bichromate, watercolor on traditional gesso, muslin on panel, soluvar, 29 X 35
mal du pays version 3,2020,gum bichromate, watercolor on traditional gesso, muslin on panel, soluvar,9 X 7
a house like this v1,2020,gum bichromate, watercolor on traditional gesso, muslin on panel, soluvar,40 X 29
snowman,2020,40 X 29, gum bichromate, watercolor on traditional gesso, muslin on panel, soluvar
young a little old a lot,2020,toned cyanotype on Hahnemuhle rag,15 X 11
jump v1,2020,gum bichromate, watercolor on traditional gesso, muslin on panel, soluvar,8 X 9
no truer words were spoken v1,2020,gum bichromate, watercolor on traditional ground, muslin on panel, soluvar,26.5 X 40
other people's children,2020,gum bichromate, watercolor on traditional gesso, muslin on panel, soluvar,29 X 35
as far as she goes,2020,gum bichromate, watercolor on traditional gesso, muslin on panel, soluvar,29X29
never silence when you listen,2020,toned cyanotype on cotton rag,18 X 12
a house like this v2,2020,gum bichromate, watercolor on traditional gesso, muslin on panel, soluvar,40 X 29
momentary war,2020,toned cyanotype on hahnemuhle rag,15 X 11
jump v3,2020,gum bichromate, watercolor on traditional gesso, muslin on panel, soluvar,8 X 9
jump v2,2020,gum bichromate, watercolor on traditional gesso, muslin on panel, soluvar,8 X 9
nourishment,2020,gum bichromate, watercolor on traditional gesso, muslin on panel, soluvar, 15 X 11
no truer words were spoken, study,2020gum bichromate, watercolor on traditional ground, muslin on panel, soluvar 10 X 17
one season's growth,2020,gum bichromate, watercolor, on traditional ground, muslin on panel, soluvar, 40 X 29
As far as she goes
I began this project as an inquiry into the precursors to homelessness, such as serious mental illness, drug and alcohol addiction, along with frequent incarceration. I found that the family support structure may be able to mitigate these factors. In this case, it ultimately leads to love in the face of pain by being there, and showing up over and over again. For this series, I looked to my own family and its struggles. I center the narrative around octogenarian caregivers left little options but to raise their great-grandson in the confined lower middle-class home they have raised generations.
In this series, I use multiple layers of the photographic process gum bichromate with watercolor pigments, printing onto a traditionally gessoed panel.