Monday, October 10, 2022

New Work: We Didn't Know She had More Than Two Children

New work in my Loss series: We Didn't Know She had More Than Two Children

My mother raised four children, three she gave birth to. In age order, from oldest to youngest, there is me, my sister, my Foster Brother, and my brother. It haunts me still, as a year after her death approaches, that a number of her closest friends who attended her funeral told me “we didn’t know she had more than two children“ because they didn't know about me.

We Didn't Know She had More Than Two Children is mixed media on fabric and measures 35" x 33". Monoprinted and painted construction fence fabric is machine appliquéd on an embroidery I purchased on eBay, as are pieces of four matching embroidered napkins.