PANDEMIC PARENTHOOD PRINT SELECTION
During the Covid-19 Pandemic, I began composing still lives from the trash, toys, junk, bits and ephemera of the everyday. The act of finding these treasures were cause for daily celebration and the images have turned into joyful markers of time, and are infused with personal history. See the full project here.
2021, archival digital print, 8 x 10inches
(Lilacs from my yard, pokemon card, tomato vine, avocado shell, discarded cracker, toy ball)
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2021, archival digital print, 8 x 10inches
(Cherries from our tree, children’s hammer, homemade dragonfly, geode from a kit)
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2021, archival digital print, 8 x 10inches
(Dryer ball, Cornelia Magazine, English cucumber tip with wrapper, part of a bottle, realistic eyeball drawn by 5 year old, and tissue box the baby removed all the tissues from)
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2021, archival digital print, 8 x 10inches
(yogurt top, photograph of ladybug in Ukraine, paper strip, dead ladybug, leaf from a plant I was gifted 20 years ago after my father's death)
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2021 PRINT COLLECTION
As a mother of small children, I find myself rarely alone. Searching for bursts of hope, signs of resilience and delightful connections to foliage has become a treasure hunt all my own.
All the images were photographed in Buffalo, New York in 2021. All 8.5 x 11 inch photographs (image size is 6 x 9 inch) are $99 and pigment printed using archival inks on cotton rag paper in Buffalo, N.Y.
2021, archival digital print, 8.5 x 11 inches
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2021, archival digital print, 8.5 x 11 inches
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2021, archival digital print, 8.5 x 11 inches
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2021, archival digital print, 8.5 x 11 inches
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2020 Print Collection
From graceful to absurd, these prints are a collection of my silent conversations with – and sometimes humorous observations of – foliage. For me, they are symbols of hope and tenacity. They thrive where they are planted and form tender, confident relationships with their surroundings.
All 8.5 x 11 inch photographs (image size is 6 x 9 inch) are $99 and pigment printed using archival inks on cotton rag paper in Buffalo, N.Y. Free shipping and gift messages available. Thank you for supporting independent artists this year, and always!
My husband and his brother used to ask their dad for “really boring stories” at bedtime.
Thinking about ivy growing is a very boring story, if the thought is fleeting.
But imagine living inside the building, where the ivy is hugging you from the outside. Can you feel the heartbeat of this vine? It says, “Fuck you, I am going to become a tree.”
2020, archival digital print, 8.5 x 11 inches
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On top of a tower far away, I saw the beautiful city of Istanbul spread out before me. And then I looked down and saw the dedication of an urban farmer.
On the print you can inspect the dense forest she has created outside. While living in New York, I always felt huge pangs of longing when I saw an apartment with an outside space full of plants. The logistics of getting to this point in life astounded me. From acquiring such an apartment in the first place, then the purchasing and lugging of plants, soil, pots. And where did they winter? My god.
It’s clear that this magical being had been in this penthouse apartment forever. I see the pink hanger forgotten on the clothesline, the outdoor furniture cast aside, and the small pots of herbs precariously hanging out on the edge of her own palace. This family of green just taunts all the realtors and tourists, reminding us that they were here first.
2020, archival digital print, 8.5 x 11 inches
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At a museum in Rome, I stepped out onto the cafe terrace and found this glossy, sharp being relaxing on the deck. Intruding, maybe. I snapped her picture.
I was a tourist in her comfort zone. I saw her comfortably spreading out, not caring about her flawed skin, feeling powerful with roots behind her.
I’d like to be her for a while.
Wouldn’t you?
2020, archival digital print, 8.5 x 11 inches
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I have no idea where in Brooklyn I made this image. It’s just one of the zillions of crevices where living things persist. Ghost vines leading the way for new green, putting on a show for anyone who will watch.
2020, archival digital print, 8.5 x 11 inches
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Sometimes all I need is a reminder that being present is enough. The details can wash away. You, like me, are an important part of this world, even when you feel like a shadow of yourself.
2020, archival digital print, 8.5 x 11 inches
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If someone was to write a guidebook to Hudson, NY, they might mention the art galleries, the food, and most likely the copious antique and vintage shops that line the streets. I have always (not so) famously said, “If I ever need a used chair, I’ll definitely come to Hudson first.” The place is silly with them.
But for a truly vintage experience, I would recommend viewing the 70+ year old Burrow’s Tail luxuriating in the window of the plumber’s shop. This sentient being just hungrily laps up all that glorious window light without a care in the world. The sign even says it shouldn’t be bumped. She’s fragile. “Touch the tail and you’re dead meat!” I hear the adults scolding the children over generations.
It doesn’t have anything fancy to sell us like it’s neighbors. We’re just supposed to gawk in awe over those succulent locks and marvel at the plumber’s green thumb.
2020, archival digital print, 8.5 x 11 inches
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As a kid I used to sit beneath the gigantic pine tree in our front yard, feeling hidden and happy. Seeing a plant in a sunlit corner provides a similar notion of comfort, satisfying biophilic tendencies.
2020, archival digital print, 8.5 x 11 inches
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If you’ve grown your bush for this long, you might as well build your house around it.
2020, archival digital print, 8.5 x 11 inches
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Beautifully coiffed and nowhere to grow.
2020, archival digital print, 8.5 x 11 inches
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I stumbled upon this two dimensional facade posing as a stage, or a botanical conservatory, and most definitely a portal to a world of wild I rarely encountered while living in Brooklyn.
I used to be alone a lot. I tried to remember at the time that it was something to treasure. Stumbling upon this image in the pandemic of 2020, I long for this portal to be true. Don’t you?
2020, archival digital print, 8.5 x 11 inches
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