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65 Layers of Toy Drawings and Paintings #4, 2021, Digital Collage
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65 Layers of Toy Drawings and Paintings #1, 2021, Digital Collage
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65 Layers of Toy Drawings and Paintings #5, 2021, Digital Collage
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65 Layers of Toy Drawings and Paintings #48, 2021, Digital Collage
A Digital Field Manual for Parents in a Pandemic, 2021
The End, March 2020
Toys in a Pandemic (not respecting the COVID rules), 2021
Play Things, 2021
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65 Layers of Toy Drawings and Paintings #10, 2021, Digital Collage
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65 Layers of Toy Drawings and Paintings #15, 2021, Digital Collage
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65 Layers of Toy Drawings and Paintings #17, 2021, Digital Collage
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65 Layers of Toy Drawings and Paintings #27, 2021, Digital Collage
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65 Layers of Toy Drawings and Paintings #36, 2021, Digital Collage
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65 Layers of Toy Drawings and Paintings #49, 2021, Digital Collage
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65 Layers of Toy Drawings and Paintings #50, 2021, Digital Collage
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Group of 5 Mommy Mayhem Digital Collages Installed on a Wall
Limited edition prints from my Mommy Mayhem Series of digital collage artworks. My art is driven by an obsessive-compulsive need to document my children and their perpetually changing debris (meaning toys, books, clothing, and messes). Daily household and art routines, rituals, and schedules reflect my attempt to reign in the chaos of pandemic parenting. Numbers, habits, and repetition are crucial to my sanity and survival. For 52 weekends in each year, my children's school, daycare, or summer camp are closed for 65 hours in a row. The 52 digital collages each have 65 layers.