My mom, Marion, is my favorite person to make art with. While her dementia has impacted her ability to live independently, it has also freed her from self-criticism and inhibitions. Her art is childlike - free, uncontrived, and unselfconscious. Due to her cognitive loss, she is nearly always in a flow state. Creating art together allows me to enter into that flow state with her, and for once it doesnโt matter that she wonโt remember.
The proof is in the art.
I am available to consult for anyone who is interested in making art with the people in their lives.
๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ (๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ), 2018. Acrylic paint on canvas. 20'x16'
๐๐ถ๐ฃ๐ธ๐ข๐บ (๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ), 2018. Acrylic marker, watercolor pencil on watercolor paper. 4.25'x5.5'
๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด (๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ), 2015. Acrylic paint on canvas. 12"x12"
๐๐ธ๐ฐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด (๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ), 2018. Acrylic paint, mod podge on cardstock. 9"x12"
๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐๐ฐ๐น (๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ), 2018. Acrylic marker, watercolor pencil on watercolor paper. 4.25'x5.5'
๐๐ข๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ด (๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ), 2018. Acrylic paint on cardstock. 24"x18"
๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ง๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ฃ๐ด (๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ), 2018. Acrylic paint, acrylic marker on watercolor paper. 4.25'x5.5'
๐๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ (๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ), 2018. Watercolor pencils on watercolor paper. 4.25'x5.5'
๐๐ถ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐บ ๐๐ฃ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต (๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ), 2018. Acrylic paint on canvas. 20"x16"
๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ก๐ช๐จ, ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ก๐ข๐จ (๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ), 2018. Acrylic marker, watercolor pencil on watercolor paper. 4.25'x5.5'
27๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ (๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ), 2019. Acrylic marker on canvas. 18"x24"
๐๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ (๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ), 2018. Watercolor pencils on watercolor paper. 4.25'x5.5'
๐๐ธ๐ฐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ (๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ), 2018. Acrylic paint on canvas. 12"x9"
๐๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ (๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ), 2018. Acrylic paint on canvas. 12"x9"
๐๐ธ๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐บ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ (๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ), 2018. Acrylic paint on canvas. 12"x9"
๐๐ต๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ (๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ), 2018. Acrylic marker, watercolor pencil on watercolor paper. 4.25'x5.5'
๐ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐บ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ญ๐บ๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐บ (๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ), 2018. Acrylic paint on canvas. 12"x9"
๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ข ๐๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ (๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ), 2018. Watercolor pencils on watercolor paper. 4.25'x5.5'
๐๐ฆ๐ฅ'๐ด ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ฅ'๐ด ๐๐บ๐ฆ (๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ), 2018. Acrylic paint, acrylic marker on canvas. 9"x12"
๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด (๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ), 2017. Acrylic paint on canvas. 20"x16"
๐๐ถ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฆ (๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ), 2019. Sharpie, watercolor on watercolor paper. Dimensions unknown.
๐๐ช๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ณ-๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฃ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต 1, 2024. Acrylic, mirror on canvas. 3"x5
๐๐ช๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ณ-๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฃ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต 2, 2024. Acrylic, mirror on canvas. 3"x5
๐๐ช๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ณ-๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฃ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต 3, 2024. Acrylic, mirror on canvas. 3"x5
๐๐ช๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ณ-๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฃ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต 4, 2024. Acrylic, mirror on canvas. 3"x5
๐๐ช๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ณ-๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฃ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต 5, 2024. Acrylic, mirror on canvas. 3"x5
๐๐ช๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ณ-๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฃ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต 6, 2024. Acrylic, mirror on canvas. 3"x5
๐ ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ (๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ), 2021. Procreate on iPad.
๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด ๐๐ถ๐ฏ (๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ), 2021. Procreate on iPad.
๐๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ต (๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ), 2021. Procreate on iPad.
๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ! ๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ! (๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ), 2021. Procreate on iPad
๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ (๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ), 2021. Procreate on iPad.
๐ ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ต-๐ช๐ต ๐๐ข๐ฏ (๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ), 2021. Pen on post-it. 2"x2"