If I Wait Here, Will You Come Find Me?, 2023

watercolour on frosted mylar

22” x 22”

Framed in maple (24” x 24”)

Michaela Lucio explores the residue of histories contained in family photographs and infuses intergenerational relationships with memory and imagination. If I Wait Here, Will You Come Find Me? is a portrait of Lucio’s maternal great-grandmother, who passed away in 2018. Through layering transparent paint on a translucent surface, a simmering ethereal figure perches on a patterned chair, surrounded by lush plants, occupying a space between memory and dream. A Matriarch bore five daughters and outlived 3 of them; she now indefinitely rests in a spot equally accessible by loved ones in this world and the spirit world.

Exhibition History

2023- Roots: Juried Exhibition The Studio Art Gallery. (Dresden)

2023- Biennial Juried Exhibition: Glenhyrst Art Gallery. (Brantford) Jurors: Matt Bahen and

Sonya Blazek