In Thymesia, childhood images of my mother and her siblings interact with strange animals drawn by scientists before the advent of photography. Although these scientist-artists sought truth, they created fiction instead, drawing bizarre creatures that reflected their own limited knowledge and memory more than the reality of the beast they sought to capture. This desire for knowledge, and the futility of limited perceptions, echoes in the construction of our own self narratives. Extinct and endangered animals also appear in the series, chosen for their geographic relationship to the children.

In the Yard II, 1951 and In the Yard with Topsell’s Gorgon, 1951 & 1607, 2018 // Mixed media on paper // 13. 5 in. 11 in. ea

Kathy In the Yard, 1951 and Bechstein’s Hippo, c. 1800, 2018 // Mixed media on paper // 13. 5 in. 11 in. ea

Kathy in the Yard II, 1951 and Bechstein’s Hippo II, c. 1800, 2019 // Mixed media on paper // 13. 5 in. 11 in. ea