My work is inspired by the individual and collective journeys I shared with my late father as he navigated dementia. Caring for him in his final years prompted me to use mixed media and collage to preserve his insightful perspectives and illustrate vignettes of our experiences. A key part of my process is printing onto his paper memorabilia—related to his engineering education and career—using a Gelli plate to create monotypes, which I then incorporate into my work. My compositions are often segmented or constructed as diptychs, reflecting the caregiving dyad, contending realities of a fragmented mind, or the space between this world and what lies ahead. Through my process, I play with exposing and camouflaging elements, revealing multiple storylines. This visual exploration fortifies my abstract imagery, providing both direction and purpose, and my multi-step, layered work results in what I call “visual duets.”