My “ Inheritance Series" is a tribute to my mother, Phyllis Turco, who died of
cancer in 2023. She was an amazing artist and we shared a love of hunting and
gathering items to use in our artwork.
Before she passed, my mom asked me to please do something with all her pieces
she so lovingly collected, hand cut, hand sewed, hand painted and I
wholeheartedly accepted.
Art was and still is our bond.
I had such a connection and a sense of honor creating these pieces.
Also, joy, lots of joy
Years of labor, now mine to create legacy-generational pieces between us.
I swear I felt her presence on multiple levels while making these pieces.. She loved
faces and lips. I think she would have liked this series.
My sister named it my inheritance from our mom- boxes of pieces of future
creations all tediously and obsessively cut from recycled wool-cashmere clothing
we would pick up at the bins or re-uzit shops.
All hand touched, cut, dyed and embellished.
Go funky or go home.
*All Images are Framed in Clear Acrylic Museum Boxes Ranging in Varied Depth Sizes.
