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I was inspired to create the Impression chain from an experience with my youngest son. In a robotic state, I navigated the Children’s hospital to get to his side. A mother of her own opened the elevator, smiled, and held the door open. There were no words shared but impacted me greatly that day. A simple gesture informed my day. In creating this collaboration, I asked, “How does one work of art inform another?” 

 

My youngest son has complex medical needs, and the last two years have been full of research, doctor appointments, and trusting my mother’s intuition. In creating this collaboration, I wanted a mother’s perspective, so four other mothers were invited to the project without knowing the other artists. All artists were asked to view the work they received, take note of the impression they made, and create a work inspired by that work. I’m so pleased with the outcome and how it communicates motherhood through each of our lenses. Motherhood is a collective. It’s unique yet similar. It was wonderful to overlap with these four inspirational artists and mothers.