Sketchbook
“Do this your own way” are the last words from my mom to me as she died. Seems she was encouraging me to handle her passing and my life in my own, unique way. Free of guilt or shame, no matter how different I was from family & friends. Since her passing those 5 words regularly bubble up inside me. Though they’re simple, they’ve keep making me reflect on how I’d often get sidetracked by striving for sophistication, instead of being fully myself. And though my sketchbooks are a very private place for me, there are some parts I’d like to share, in honor of my gorgeous mama, who even from the afterlife encourages me to value the quirky, truest, parts of myself show. And here are some of them…
Free Speech-ink drawing, 8"x6"
Pain Cave-ink pen drawing, 8"x11"
Eye Birds View- ink drawing photo, 6"x9"
Waters Edge-paper "drawing", 8/12"x11"
Recovery, photo altered pencil drawing, 9"x11"
Body Keeps the Score- pen drawing, 6"x9"
Dying Patriarchy, photo altered Ink drawing, 8"x11"
Glass Vessel 4-pencil, paper, paint, 8"'x11"
Glass Vessel 3- pencil & paint drawing, 6"x8"
Patterned Glass Vessel #1- Paper Drawing, 8"x11"
Lidded Vessel-paper collage "drawing", 8"x11"
Patterned Glass Vessel #2- Paper Drawing, 8"x11"
Free Woman- pen drawing, 6"x6"
Glass Vessel 4- pencil & paint drawing, 6"x8"
Protecting- photo altered ink drawing, 8"x11"
Proud Woman- ink drawing, 6"x9"
Glass Vessel 4- pencil & paint drawing, 6"x8"
Body Parts- photo altered drawing, 8"x11"
Flowing with pain- pencil drawing, 6"x6"
Lymes Pain-pencil, 8"x11"
Dripping Pain- ink drawing, 6"x9"
Untitled- ink drawing, 6"x9"
Straddling Worlds- pen drawing, 6"x8"
Floored- pencil drawing, 8"x11"
Fontanel- photo altered pencil drawing, 8"x11"
Messed Up Seeker- marker drawing, 8"x11"
Contemplation- photo altered drawing, 6"x9"
Channeling 1- photo altered pen drawing, 6"x8"
Self Portrait- photo altered pen drawing, 8"x11"
Female In Pink- photo altered pen drawing, 8"x11"
Channeling 3- photo altered pen drawing, 8"x11"
Running from Lymes, photo altered drawing, 8"x11"
Relief Seeking- pencil drawing, 6"x9"
Missing Parts- pen drawing, 6"x8"
Inheritance- colored pen drawing, 6"X8"
