Atlas is a Mother
drawing
“you create me against your thighs, hilly with images moving through our word countries my body writes into your flesh”
-audre lorde
Atlas Falling 2021 Watercolour, chalk and pastel on brown Fabriano paper 50 x 35cm
Atlas Letting the Weight Settle 2020 Pencil, pastel and acrylic collage on paper 25 x 33cm
Atlas Crowded 2021 Watercolour, pencil, pastel, chalk and charcoal on handmade paper with thread 60 x 42cm
The burden of being a mother, is taking on the cultural burden of relooking and reinventing the past for a future generation.