Sketchbook
“Do this your own way” are the last words from my mom to me as she died of covid. Seems she was encouraging me to handle her passing and my life in my own 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 really gotten me to reflect on how I’d often get sidetracked by striving for “sophistication” instead of being fully myself. My sketchbooks have always been a private place for me, but there are some parts that now feel right to share as part of this portfolio, in honor of my gorgeous mama, who from the afterlife encourages me to let the quirky, un-sophisticated, truest, parts of myself show.
Waters Edge-paper "drawing", 8/12"x11"
Pain Cave-ink pen drawing, 8"x11"
Free Speech-ink drawing, 8"x6"
Lidded Vessel-paper collage "drawing", 8"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"
Straddling Worlds- pen drawing, 6"x8"
Glass Vessel 3- pencil & paint drawing, 6"x8"
Lymes Pain-pencil, 8"x11"
Patterned Glass Vessel #1- Paper Drawing, 8"x11"
Protecting- photo altered ink drawing, 8"x11"
Proud Woman- ink drawing, 6"x9"
Patterned Glass Vessel #2- Paper Drawing, 8"x11"
Flowing with pain- pencil drawing, 6"x6"
Free Woman- pen drawing, 6"x6"
Dripping Pain- ink drawing, 6"x9"
Untitled- ink drawing, 6"x9"
Floored- pencil drawing, 8"x11"
Body Parts- photo altered drawing, 8"x11"
Eye Birds View- ink drawing photo, 6"x9"
Fontanel- photo altered pencil drawing, 8"x11"
Messed Up Seeker- marker drawing, 8"x11"
Contemplation- photo altered drawing, 6"x9"
Running from Lymes, photo altered drawing, 8"x11"
Recovery, photo altered pencil drawing, 9"x11"
Glass Vessel 4- pencil & paint drawing, 6"x8"
Glass Vessel 4- pencil & paint drawing, 6"x8"
Guardian Angel in the Wind- photo altered pen drawing, 6"x8"
Missing Parts- pen drawing, 6"x8"
Weathered Wise Woman- pen drawing, 6"x8"
Glass Vessel #6- colored paper & ink "drawing, 8"x11"
Relief Seeking- pencil drawing, 6"x9"
Bent Out of Shape- pen drawing, 6"x8"
Wounded Patriarch- photo altered pen drawing, 6"x8"
Channeling 1- photo altered pen drawing, 6"x8"
Channeling 2- pen drawing, 6"x8"
Mermaid Handstand- pen drawing, 6"x8"
Inheritance- colored 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"
