Dad, Disappearing Cardboard, lancaster wool, Washi Paper, HUUN Mayan Paper 74” x 34” x 38” 2024

My dad was diagnosed with dementia about one and a half (3 years ago now) years ago. We had noticed that his memory and understanding had deteriorated over the pandemic lockdown, but it did not register that it was dementia, like his mother before him. This last year has been like he is disappearing before my eyes, both physically and mentally. His body is shrinking in on itself, growing smaller. His past and present blending, thoughts and memories fluttering away, as butterflies in the wind.