Family Baggage 24

Ink on canvas.

Artist statement:

"Family snapshots printed on shopping bags represent generations of “baggage” and the use of retail therapy as a coping mechanism. Getting stuff as pain relief. Each snapshot is backed by a pattern derived from a related image. For instance, the last image of my family, seemingly happy, rests on a pattern made from an image of the fudge my dad was famous for making (and his family was famous for eating). Both good times and bad times make a lasting impression and are carried with us throughout our lives. I’ve left some of these events inside each bag."