ROSE ASPIRES - 2025

Materials: Vintage photo transparency, vintage wallspapers, floral netting, staples, shopping bag, vintage button

Size: 11" x 18"

My mother grew up with an absent father and an immigrant mother who didn’t speak English. As 1st born American she was their great hope, the first to go to school. In the composition she is surrounded by both academic related and decorative elements. The academic elements relate to Botany as her name was Rose and she was like the special flower of her family. Sadly, she grew up to equate her self-esteem with material things. But there was always something missing no matter how much she acquired.