The Yiddish word Yahrzeit means the anniversary of the date when someone passes away.

Both of my parents died in December. My mother in 2021 and my father in 1975.

Two Yahrzeits in December is a visualization of how my mother’s emotional pain affected me while she was alive, and the sorrow I have for not having much of an opportunity to know my father when he was alive because of my mother's actions.

This painting is mixed media on fabric and measures 32" x 32". Monoprinted and painted construction fence fabric is machine appliquéd on an embroidery I purchased on eBay. The vertical lines, representing tears, are the outer trimmed embroidered edges of napkins, which are attached loosely with zigzag stitching.