TABLECLOTHS

In this series, I set out to explore the influence and connections to my maternal lineage. I come from a line of makers, master gardeners, hellraisers, and aesthetes. Working from the many flower studies, combined with sketches from old photos of myself, my mother, my grandmothers, and great grandmothers, I create large paintings on inherited old tablecloths to draw attention to undervalued domestic work. The work in this show examines the connections and differences between the lives my female forebearers and I have led, reflecting broader social changes.