Glass Boxes is a series that explores how we contain memory - how we attempt to hold, preserve, and make sense of what is slipping away. The work considers the emotional weight of objects: how the ordinary becomes charged through association, holding magnitudes of presence, absence, and grief.
The series sits in tension: holding on and letting go; containment and exposure; preservation and loss. When my mom, Marne (a lifelong artist) began her decline into Alzheimer’s disease, her work shifted. She started creating pieces enclosed in plexiglass boxes, a departure from her earlier practice. Each box is an encapsulation of where she was at that time, protected and unreachable.
My paintings are a response and a companion to her work. Together they form a dialogue across time and memory, between mother and daughter.
The series sits in tension: holding on and letting go; containment and exposure; preservation and loss. When my mom, Marne (a lifelong artist) began her decline into Alzheimer’s disease, her work shifted. She started creating pieces enclosed in plexiglass boxes, a departure from her earlier practice. Each box is an encapsulation of where she was at that time, protected and unreachable.
My paintings are a response and a companion to her work. Together they form a dialogue across time and memory, between mother and daughter.
Beauty in Remembering
16"x20", oil on canvas
$2,595
Hold it Close to Make it Bearable
16"x20", oil on canvas
$2,595
Strength in Relinquishing
16"x16", oil on canvas
$2,250
Conditions we Anticipate
24"x18", oil on canvas
$2,695
I Feel Broken But That Is Not All of Who I Am
36"x24", oil on canvas
$3,250
Internal Worlds
14"x11", oil on canvas
$1,825
We Are Not Empty or Full We Are Moving
24"x20", oil on canvas
$3,125
Simplicity in Abstaction
12"x12", oil on canvas
$1,425
