Memory’s Daughter

gouache, acrylic & charcoal on bristol board, 19”X24”

Consider a bouquet of flowers. Purchased with consideration and anticipation – accepted with surprise; a tribute or plea for forgiveness or just because. Dalia, peony, hyacinth, narcissus – beautifully fragrant, carefully placed in a glass vase. My gift of remembrance.

There are few ways to define loss or to celebrate the past. Time has a curious habit of chipping away at the details that compose our fondest remembrances. Trying to recall a mood or point of view becomes difficult; it’s like trying to remember an embrace. At the start of the pandemic and lockdown in March of 2020 I lost my mother, Janina Koszarski as she began her 100 th year. A few months later, in July I lost my sister, Maria Knight. As the world shut down I struggled with a way to remember. My response was MEMORY’S DAUGHTER. Painted works on paper composed with gouache and pencil, the collection represents a barely accessible aspect of memory, something familiar to all of us. This is what I remember: beauty, compassion, wit and endless love. It is also what I miss.