The different elements
comprising the project are:

Distraught Mother

Family Icon

The Philip Portfolio takes a political and subversive look at motherhood. It lays bare the feelings and emotional conflicts that lurk beneath the societal veneer that women are encouraged to maintain at all costs.

Marcia and Philip	Philip on the Bed	Mother and Son

I'm Suffocating	When you Were Born ...	If I Don't Do It...

Captive Mother	Portrait of the Artist As a Mother	Distraught Mother

The artist traces her struggles over an extended period of time. A myriad of mediums are employed in the interest of getting the material out in an honest and direct way. Scale is relatively small, a reflection of the need to achieve continuity within a limited amount of available studio time.

Doll Series	The Hours	How Much More Baggage...

Fabric, sewing, and clay reflect a subtext about the traditional role of women as caretaker, homemaker, and child's playmate. Gouache, pencil, and computer technology round out the vision.