Artwork by Emily Kerr

Artist: Emily Kerr Titles: Baby in Blue, Gouache, water soluble graphite, pastels, charcoal on board This painting is based on a photo of my son and I. I remember he was having a hard time going to sleep. I sat on the edge of my bed holding and rocking and singing to him. He melted into me, relaxed and safe and finally fell asleep. The perspective makes the mother's arms and hands look very large, strong, and safe. Many moments in the first year are in the dark night lit only by nightlights and the light of the moon. Deeply Woven, Water soluble graphite, charcoal on board When my babies were small we slept like this almost every night. After 9 or so months in my womb we had a deep need to be near each other. The softness of the water soluble graphite shows what the wakeful nighttime hours looked like in the light of the moon. Baby would stir or make a sound or cry out, I would wake, calm, comfort, latch my baby at my breast, and we would both fall asleep again. A nightly, all night dan