I Am Your Doll, 2023, graphite and colored pencil on Bristol, 17 x 14 inchesThe back of my head with my hair in random twists and buns. My toddler’s hands are placing a variety of 80s/90s era barrettes and clips into my hair in random spots.
I Am Your Jungle Gym, 2023, charcoal on Strathmore paper
Mama Button, 2021, graphite on Bristol, 17 x 14 inchesImage description: a toddler's hands smooshing into his mama’s belly above her belly button. Her skin is creased from being tugged and it’s pressed into rolls between his fingers and palms.
Spring Break, 2023, graphite and street chalk on Bristol, 17 x 14 inches.The perspective of looking down at my face as I lay on our driveway. One hand is up and over my eyes, shielding them from the sun. I'm holding a piece of street chalk in my fingers. My son's hand is pressed against the driveway next to my head and there are colorful markings all over the ground around us, colored in street chalk.
Last Strands Of My Youth, 2022, graphite on Bristol, 12 x 12.Image description: my left hand with palm open and turned toward the viewer. There are many fine strands of blond hair across my palm and woven through my fingers.
Hide and Seek, 2023, graphite on Bristol, 12 x 12 inchesGraphite drawing of a toddler pressing his face against his mama’s belly and pulling her shirt over his head, which is covering his head down to his nose.
I Am Your Canvas, 2023, graphite and street chalk on Bristol, 17" x 14"
Stretch, 2021, graphite on Bristol, 6" x 6"Image description: close-up of a baby breastfeeding, only showing his mouth and once. His hand is holding his mother’s breast and tugging on it slightly showing the creases in her skin.
Early Riser, 2023, graphite on Bristol, 17 x 14 inchesImage description: graphite drawing of the profile of my face as I "sleep" with my eyes closed, my hair is pulled back in a messy bun. My toddler son's feet are pressed into my cheek.
I Am Your Canvas, 2022, graphite and street chalk on Bristol, 17 x 14 inchesImage description: my perspective looking down at my bare feet. My son’s foot is outstretched next to mine and one of his hands is holding a piece of chalk which he’s using to draw on my foot. Both my feet have chalk marks on them in yellow, blue, and purple and are surrounded by chalk shapes and markes. There are a couple of chalk pieces scattered on the crown around us.
Lego Land, 2023, graphite and colored pencil, 11 x 11 inchesGraphite drawing of my toddler’s hands holding blue, yellow, and red Lego pieces as he stuffs them into my shorts’ pocket.
Fairy House In My Pocket, 2022, colored pencil graphite on Bristol, 12 x 12 inchesImage description: two toddler hands fisted around tufts of green grass blades and a dandelion. One hand is pulling a pant pocket (mine) open while the other is in the motion of stuffing grass into the pocket.
I Am A Road, 2022, graphite and colored pencil on Bristol, 17 x 14 inchesImage description: view of my torso as I lay on the floor. The perspective is my own as I look toward my belly. My shirt is rolled up to expose my midriff and there are several wooden toys on it. I’m wearing jean cut-off shorts.
I Am Your Playground, 2022, graphite on Bristol, 14" x 17"Image description: graphite illustration of my 2 year old's chunky legs as he crawls over my shoulder. You can see his knee propped on my shoulder and his bum in a diaper facing the viewer. Only my neckline and jawline with a hint of my mouth and nose are shown.
First Blood, 2023, graphite and gouache on Bristol, 12 x 12 inchesImage description: graphite drawing of my feet as I look down at them. There is a stream of blood trickling down one leg and drops of it in the space between my feet, painted in gouache.
Hold Me Close, Closer, graphite on Bristol, 11 x 11 inches, 2021.Image description: my 15-month-old is breastfeeding. His fingers are near his face, pressing into his cheek. A foot is curled up against my body and up near my chest. My button-front shirt is open.
Twiddling, 2022, graphite on Bristol, 14 x 11Image description: detail of my breast with the nipple being squeezed and twisted by my infant’s hand in the action of a “twiddle.”
Mama Belly, 2022, graphite on Bristol, 14 x 17 inches.Image description: my toddler hands squeezing my belly around my belly button. One of his feet is pressed against my belly as well. You can see the creases and folds of my skin under the pressure of his hands and foot.
Full, 2021, graphite, colored pencil, and watercolor on Bristol, 12" x 12" Image description: my chest from my shoulders to the upper ribcage. I am wearing a cotton criss-cross bra, my breasts are engorged and you can see subtle purple/blue veins (colored with color pencil). Blueish watercolor blobs mark where I am leaking breastmilk through my bra.
Empty, 2021, graphite and colored pencil on Bristol, 12" x 12"Image description: my chest from the shoulders to the upper rib cage. I’m wearing a wireless bra, my breasts don't fill the cups and you can see subtle stretch marks.
Mama Belly, 2021, charcoal on Strathmore charcoal paper
Self-Care As Scar Desensitization, 2021, graphite on Bristol, 11 x 14 inchesImage description: my torso from above the belly button to just below my cesarean incision. I’m brushing my stomach above the pink cesarean scar with a body brush. The skin is tugged slightly as I brush.
It Doesn't Have To Be This Way, 2023, graphite on Bristol, 14 x 11 inches
Collaborative Workout, 2022, graphite on Bristol, 11 x 14 inchesImage description: my legs from knees down are on the floor, one knee against the floor and the other with the knee up. Underneath the latter, my toddler’s hand is reaching under with a couple of toy trains. One of his feet is also visible peeking through under my leg.
Textures, 2022, graphite on Bristol, 17 x 14 inchesImage description: my two hands pressed against my belly around my belly button, holding my skin together in the center. This creates many wrinkles and dimples and creases in my belly.
I am Your Pony, 2023, charcoal on Strathmore paper
Interrupted Sleep, 2024, graphite on Bristol
Fighting sleep, 2023, graphite on Bristol, 17 x 14 inchesImage description: graphite drawing of my young toddler's hand resting on my belly, and her t-shirt shirt is creased and resting on his hand. His other hand is resting on my shoulder.
Age Crease, 2022, graphite on Bristol, 11 x 14 inches.Image description: view of my lips and chin to the top of my breasts. My bra is pushed to the side and my toddler’s hand is resting on my breast as he breastfeeds (not visible in the drawing). My arm is up and an armpit is showing with wrinkles and creases. My neck is tilted and the creases at my neck and breast are visible. There are also subtle veins visible in my breast from being engorged with breast milk.
Don't Poke Mama Button, 2022, graphite on Bristol, 11 x 14 inches.Image description: my toddler’s hands pulling my pant waistband down so he can poke a little finger into my belly button. The edge of my shirt is above my belly button. The perspective is mine, as I look down at my son's hands.
I Am Your Playground, 2022, graphite on Bristol, 11 x 14 inches.Image description: my toddler’s hand holding a small triceratops toy and pressing it into my leg, just above my knee. His other hand is wrapped under my knee with a thumb pressed into my skin.
Keep Me Safe, 2021, graphite on Bristol, 7" x 7"Image description: my toddler with his arms wrapped around his my neck. My arm is wrapped around him in an embrace. My chin is tucked over his shoulder and his head is resting on mine.
Bum Rash, 2021, graphite and colored pencil on Bristol, 7" x 7"Image description: my baby held upright with his bum resting against my arm. There is a rosy rash on his bum, colored with colored pencil.
Antibodies, 2021, graphite and colored pencil on Bristol, 9" x 7"Image description: my arm with a bandaid where my COVID-19 vaccination shot was injected. My t-shirt sleeve is rolled up on my shoulder. My son’s head is resting in the crook of my arm as he breastfeeds.