“When we were growing up, it was an assumption that motherhood was part of the plan. That was the expectation. I spent 10 years trying to have kids.

I was hurt, angry, ashamed when my body couldn’t do what it was supposed to do. It took me 10 years to give myself permission to feel ok not being a mother. Biology and science gave me permission to think about what I want.

I started to see other people’s motherhood - to think - oh, I don’t want that. I dodged a bullet there.

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each of these little 6”x6” works of art is a moment. a story.
they are heartaches. and tender memories.
shared by a woman who has been working it out.
thinking it over. keeping on every day.

ideas and truths reinterpreted in watercolor and inks.
you can bring one home and hang it on the wall.
or set it on the bedside table. gift it to a new mama or a not-mama who might need a reminder that she’s not alone.

each painting is 100% archival: acid free watercolor paper mounted on a kiln-dried cradled panel, and double sealed with varnish, then wax medium. the title/story is hand written in India Ink and lives attached to the back of your painting. she’ll arrive ready to display. no glass or frame is needed.

for SHIPPING: please choose the SMALL PAINTINGS option @ check out.