My drawings depict my mother’s struggle to care for my father who had Parkinsonism and was homebound. The life-sized images, which are cut out and attached to the wall, represent the mounting difficulties my parents faced, made worse by the pandemic. I overlap translucent layers to signify my father’s gradual evanescence, using the vastness of the wall to represent my mother’s perseverance, hardship and love. As my mother became increasingly consumed with his care, her identity also faded, similarly reflected in the semitransparent layers that comprise her. Since my father’s passing, the assistive devices remain as witnesses to the weight my mother bore, both physically and metaphorically. In sharing my parent’s story, I hope to elevate those who have had such an impact on our past, while making visible those careers who make the present possible.
