In 2020 along with a global pandemic and moving to a new city, I was also entering menopause. Every woman's experience is unique but there are some universal feelings and that's what I was trying to capture here.

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Menopause is a female experience so I chose some very feminine lace as the background. The foreground, however, is full of prickly things including cacti and barbed wire. The overall composition is a little overwhelming and confusing which is also part of the change of life. And the horseshoe, well it represents hope that the experience won't last forever!

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Of all the elements the lace was the most challenging and rewarding to finally capture. But somehow I am drawn to the tall cactus on the left the most.

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"Menopause" was selected for display in the 24th Annual MasterWorks of New Mexico Art Show March 26th-April 16th, 2022 at the EXPO NM, Hispanic Arts Building in Albuquerque.

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And it was selected for the invitational group show "Unfinished Business: Women's Power of Persistence" in Las Cruses, NM the month of  March, 2032.