Echoing the disorientation of a world that appears to have gone mad.

Artists and family members Jessica Plattner, Phyllis Plattner, and Dean Smale explore different aspects of societal anxiety, ranging from war to climate change to existential doubt. 

Magical realist landscapes contemplating the effects of human industry on our environment.

Childhood is a place filled with contradictions: beautiful and scary, boundless and tiny, magical and logical, dangerous and safe.

Analogue collages depicting my infant daughter in strange worlds, reflecting hopes and fears surrounding childhood and child-rearing.

Narrative portrait paintings bringing together a mix of imagery inspired by different kinds of stories: literary, cultural, and personal.

Regardless of whether they have children or not, by choice or circumstance, the question of motherhood is crucial for these women.

The imagery in this series is based on a recurring dream I’ve had since I was a young adult, about a baby and an oversized fish. 

The self-portrait series Indecision focuses on the complexity of emotions surrounding the decision to become a mother or not.