Depression Figure — Lemon Foster

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Lemon Foster

Lemon Foster

I first drew this figure, an anthropomorphic representation of my depression, in 2013. She does what I do, and sometimes does what I cannot.

Stomach Urchins

emilylemonfoster@gmail.com

You Are Here
Cyanotype and graphite on canvas
66x38”
Welcome! Here you are. All of your past moments have layered and led to you being here, and for that we should celebrate. Joy is fleeting, and cyanotypes take note of time on earth– thi

Locus of Self
Digitally manipulated photographs on Baryta paper 8x10”
.gif dimensions variable
The location and aspects of one’s “self” are not fixed– the self flits, migrates, and morphs. In these fifteen frames, repres

Breathplay Vista
Wood, mirrored glass, metal hardware, staples, and fabric with photographic transfers
14x48”
How does one see themselves in relation to a work of art? An open window captured in a painting can make us imagine entering the paint

Citron Doux (Mechanomorph After Picabia)
Graphite on paper
11x14”
If I were a useless machine, I would be a loose-needled thread wound around a wooden spool balanced on a coiled spring, ready to writhe, jiggle, and prick. This drawing is inspi

You Had To Be There
Found frame (from @buttlitelime ), acrylic paint on glass
12x14"
If a tree falls in the forest with no one around, does it make a sound?
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The last thing I needed for this show was a direct light to
illuminate this piece and

getting settled, walking in circles, seeing mostly the outsides of Things, some side quests and trials/tribulations not yet pictured... smiles at the piazza del popolo pictured, however

a brief wunderkammer case

July was one of the most difficult months I've had in years, and therefore I am feeling the deepest thanks for everyone that has been loving me through it.

a drawing to remind of divine mom love

on our grief walk I found a new favorite wall and it's in my sister's garden

just some rosy to flirt

savory accoutrements of the day (Aaron pin-up is in gouache and endless admiration)

februllage prompt day 1: "bubble"
#februllage2024

my mom my mom my mom

dada disposables ooooooooo

taken by @camera.o.flora !!!!!!

judy has her place

ok ok ok we have mostly the Met/starting with crying at the Dancer's new skirt/hands hands hands at ManetDegas/best devilled eggs/a sketch/the tug of You Should Draw/in no particular order

DADA LEM
thank you for considering water from a faucet running over a spoon's face! thank you for glooping and painting! thank you for attempting to choke down bloody mary jello cake! thank you for the charade!

one fine early eve