Detail of work in progress. Working on a new piece thinking about the atrocities leaders and governments enact and justify to serve their greedy, hateful, evil needs. I never thought I would see what is happening right now in my country. These children being torn from their parents and housed in kennels.When I was 18 months old I was placed in isolation for three weeks after surgery because doctors thought I had tuberculosis. I didn’t. I was well cared for and my parents visited each day but it was traumatic. Thankfully, I was reunited with my parents once the error was discovered. I cannot imagine what these families are going through. And parents not knowing what will happen next. Some even unable to communicate due to disabilities. Will their child be safe? Will they ever see their child again? Anyone ever see Sophie’s Choice? I watched hundreds of people leave a NYC theater sobbing as my mom and I waited to take our seats. I left the movie shattered for weeks. I can’t even find words for all of my feelings – so I paint……#watercolorartist #alcohol #ink #alcoholink #workinprogress #wip #mixedmedia #practice #kintsugi #kintsukuroi #24k #24kgold #sketchbook #metaphor #pdxartists #abstract #art #stippling #dots #studiolife #craypas #mixedmediaart #experimentalart #artistpov #pdxartists #pdxart #ashamed #sophieschoice @scarymommy #trumpadministrationsucks #keepfamiliestogether #dontlethistoryrepeatitself