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Dreaming of Children, Janis Mars Wunderlich Dreaming of Children

Janis Mars Wunderlich
Fired ceramic, glazed, 2002


This artwork depicts a mother dreaming of her current and future family. It symbolizes the mystery of motherhood, expressing those questions a mother or mother–to–be constantly thinks and dreams of: "How many children will I have? What will they be like? What does the Lord have in store for me?" The work is meant to be whimsical and reflects the artist's experience of being from a family of ten children and now, as the mother of four, contemplating the impact of having more children herself.