in every good marriage sometimes

it helps to be a little deaf.

- ruth bader ginsburg

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at the beginning of the motherhood project in 2022, i thought maybe i’d make portraits of mothers who were mothering the way i imagined i’d like to mother … if i ever got to be a mother.

ruth was a woman who didn’t spend time worrying. she spent her time doing: learning, lawyering, judging, mothering, wifing, teaching … she didn’t want to be a teacher. she wanted to be a lawyer. the doors to the law path were all shut. so she followed another path … the long way around path … it took her to the supreme court, but not until she was in her 60s.

so … keep going. there’s a lot of good path left, perhaps, if you go see where it leads.

the 8” x 10” painting is 100% archival: gold and india inks on 100% cotton 140lb. watercolor paper, mounted on a cradled wood panel, sealed with wax medium for water resistance and easy cleaning. it can hang as is, or you can purchase a floater frame to amp up the formality.

This painting is on view at the Arvada Center Holiday Art Market through Dec. 15, 2024. It is available for sale there.