Look what you have already dawned

Look what you have already dawned is part of a collection of work titled “Now, are we there yet” which also includes There is a loneliness that can be rocked, and Demeter.

These new pieces bring together a series of intricate cut paper works that explore motherhood as a container—something that holds, shields, constrains and restricts. Repetitive handmade cuts echo the cycles of parenthood, resulting in slowly built works which are both chaotic and fragile. Densely packed with imagery, I fill the picture plane with figures, fragments, and textures that reflect the overloaded, nonlinear experience of care and daily life. Embedded in the paper are references to mythological and iconic maternal figures—Demeter, the Virgin of Guadalupe, and others—who carry stories of protection, rupture, grief, and transformation.