http://www.melissalouisebolger.com/work daily 0.75 2025-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5603353fe4b00e89f63bc3c4/1457150017760-RCWLRU8YOWBFBY6SEWTY/mouseweb.jpg portfolio Mouse Oil on canvas 12" x 12" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5603353fe4b00e89f63bc3c4/1457152096940-EIBC3JS874Q4RUBIBK7D/mindseyespidervieins-11x17-180resolution.jpg portfolio Minds Eye Spider Veins Gouache on Paper 40” x 20” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5603353fe4b00e89f63bc3c4/1469924280596-6BF1Q8WXIBQFF7EDTJHT/Mountainfull.jpg portfolio Mountain 2011 Pen and ink on paper 25 x 20 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5603353fe4b00e89f63bc3c4/1598365387620-C42TRKYMTOL5F0RTQZBX/Ethel.jpg portfolio Ethel Graphite on Paper 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5603353fe4b00e89f63bc3c4/1670955675534-JB772GC7NDN5OFEB2UD5/Entangled+Permanence.jpg portfolio “Entangled Permanence” 11” x 17” Colored Pencil on Paper 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5603353fe4b00e89f63bc3c4/1483556125763-AZI69OYF2Q50I0F0VPD6/Hermes+Lizard+Birkin+Bag.jpg portfolio Hermés Lizard "Birkin" Bag 2015 Graphite on Paper 30" x 22" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5603353fe4b00e89f63bc3c4/1509729664015-P5J6M61XEW2CM5OTXUJ1/CosmeticBotoxInjections2016graphiteonpaper52x38inthumbnail.jpg portfolio Cosmetic Botox Injections 2016 Graphite on Paper 52" x 38" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5603353fe4b00e89f63bc3c4/1615235347867-1M5CUYB4EFZ55MC6SKOB/goldtreecell+copy.jpg portfolio Gold Tree Cell Gold Leaf, Ink on Canvas 12” x 12” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5603353fe4b00e89f63bc3c4/1680117783778-8QBYXFJ01WNLSM0JUYX7/image-asset.jpeg portfolio I received a wildly, colorful crochet Afghan blanket for a wedding gift from my uncle. He told me it was made by my mother. I broke into tears over joyed with holding something so precious. We lost her in 1998 to a heinous crime. Ever since then I wanted to do a portrait of her but in a non-traditional way. One day laying on this Afghan, I could see the hours she spent crocheting each stitch and knot. It was a profound moment in my life and a turning point for my art practice. Bringing the past to the present, I used this blanket as a point of reference to unlock memories of my childhood, finding a renewed bond with my mother. I remember my brother and I playing outside of our house in the summer time. We were building roads for our hot wheel collection inside the earth’s wall surrounding our porch. It was one of the cooler places to play in summer when temperatures were above 100 degrees F. All of a sudden we heard a rattlesnake. We yelled for mom and she quickly came out and told us to get inside the house. 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