I have some existential questions because I’m doing a lot of caregiving on my parents’ side because my mom has very advanced stages of dementia and my dad is also pretty high on my worry list. But it’s interesting to see Maya and my mom – they’re kind of at the same stage at opposite spectrums in terms of communication and verbalism because I can see Maya’s skills building but my mom’s skills diminishing. But I’m trying not to frame it as diminishing, that’s just her new state. So I’m in a place of observation, but it’s eliciting a lot of existential questions and I have a feeling it’s definitely going to fold into my artwork

Portrait of Sara Coffin, Diane and Maya

2023

Oil on canvas

42 x 54 inches