"Auntie Ming and the Lotus Child"
Washington State Arts Commission Purchase Award
Olympia, Washington
Installed May 2021
"Auntie Ming and the Lotus Child" was purchased by the Washington State Arts Commission for permanent installation at Capitol Campus Child Care Center in Maple Park, Olympia, Washington.
"Auntie Ming and the Lotus Child" (2016) Hand-cut paper, watercolor, 18 x 24 inches
"This piece references my time living in a remote rural village in eastern Cambodia. The residents in the village had suffered enormously under the oppressive and genocidal Khmer Rouge regime just one generation earlier. I remain deeply fascinated and moved by their resilience, their love and commitment to family, their tendency to seek joy and celebrate life whenever possible, and their fortitude to carry on."