Everywhere I Want to Go and Everywhere I Go, hand cut map collage with colored pencil, 60" x 44"

In this series I explore the specific travels of my daily life during a period of time when my family member who lived some distance from me became critically ill. My travels were restricted to my home, her home, and work. I found great peace in poring over maps and atlases during this time, dissecting and configuring both my actual and imagined travels. It allowed me to imagine where we’d go together when she was well again. The pathways and structures I developed in these pieces reflect clusters of cells and the structure of veins, both attached and disembodied.