material in maternal is a 12 x 9 inch watercolor work on found paper by Jennifer Seas, drawn from her ongoing series exploring the intersection of language, motherhood, and embodied knowledge. The phrase “material and maternal” is rendered in black watercolor, but the letters “i” and “n” are painted over in red — transforming the phrase into material in maternal.

This small but potent intervention recasts the phrase, emphasizing how material realities — labor, memory, care — are embedded within the maternal. Painted on found paper, the work foregrounds reuse and resonance, positioning the maternal as a site of both creative and inherited material.

The contrasting colors invite viewers to re-read the familiar, drawing attention to what is hidden in plain sight. This minimal gesture creates a conceptual rupture, making space for deeper reflection on feminist language, authorship, and identity.

Unframed. Ships flat. Original work.