LIPSTICK
2019
I made this work as 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 impressions that echo how women in the 1960s and ‘70s pressed
their lips onto tissue after applying lipstick. When I returned from Rome, I put the drawings away, unsure of their value.
Seeing them again recently made me realize how deeply they connect to my practice.
The project 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 what remains after loss.
46 x 38” Limited Edition Archival Pigment Prints
34 x 24” Limited Edition Archival Pigment Prints
11 x 8.5” Drawing Paper, Tracing Paper, and Vellum
from “The Lipstick Project”