I feel like I know so much more about what life is having had babies and having had the babies have some big threats to them. You can see the world through this lens of all of these people taking care of other people and it’s everywhere. It’s really good to look at that, and it’s connecting and it’s bonding and it’s a kind of solidarity that we’re often encouraged to disregard

Portrait of Erica Mendritzki, Orhan and Leander

2023

Oil on canvas

54 x 42 inches