“She Served Jail Time”
solvent transfer from found and artist photographs
ink and graphite
11 x 8.5 in. / 30 x 22 cm
© 2009
(There is one person among these images I really did know, and it is true she grew up to become a thief, forging checks to steal my aunt’s money, getting pregnant and having two children while on crack, served time in jail, and the list goes on longer than I care to reveal. Not part of my family, my aunt took her in, fed, clothed, attended to her needs, while the child’s mother was running the streets trying to have sex with man after man. I know these people. This is not made up. I suppose a more elaborate narrative could be drawn up but, the taste in my mouth is too bitter and full of unkind words about it even though my aunt died in 1994.)