LIPSTICK
2019

46 x 38” Archival Pigment Prints

I made these drawings while I was a Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome in 2019.
Feeling unmoored after my mother died, I began writing letters to her in the form of drawings—things I had been
unable to put into words. The drawings included lipstick impressions that echo how women in the 1960s and
‘70s pressed their lipstick onto tissue after applying it.

This work merges drawings, photographs, and video to explore memory, loss, and the shifting line between
private and public expression, extending my interest in the tension between what is seen and what is concealed. I invite
the viewer to engage in a broader reflection on grief, memory, and what remains after loss.

11 x 8.5” Drawing Paper and Tracing Paper