Some Layers — Cait Sherwood

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I'm Cait Sherwood, a mixed-media painter who works into art journals.

I make art from the trash of the art I made before.

Jul 8

Jul 8 Some Layers

Caitlin Sherwood

I have a feeling more will be added, but this is this for now.

Chunky glitter, painted over, cut painted paper, gouache. Always nice to paint over my journal writing.

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It’s Infertility Awareness Week, and this time I am choosing to share about my recurrent pregnancy loss diagnosis. Between 2016-2018 my husband and I did 4 IVF cycles. I actually got pregnant every single time, which is pretty rare. However, each of these pregnancies resulted in miscarriage. We were only able to test two of the “products of conception” and were surprised to learn they were genetically normal.
It is and always will be a mystery why these miscarriages occurred. They happened sooner and sooner each time (10 weeks, then 7 weeks, then 6 weeks, etc.) For the fourth and final pregnancy we tried a reproductive immunology protocol, which was supposed to account for my body attacking these pregnancies, but it turned out to be our shortest pregnancy ever at 5 weeks.

This is the short explanation of our situation. In real life there are a lot more details and significant emotional turmoil. I am sharing this story because I find it painful and inaccurate to hear all the “success” stories out there. We did not “beat infertility.” But these losses really happened and really have changed me. #infertility #ivf #infertilityawareness #infertilityawarenessweek2019 #miscarriage #recurrentpregnancyloss #rpl #fourmiscarriages #infertilitysucks #shadygrovefertility

I looked at the ocean and I drew these lines on top of a painted page which I had made weeks ago.

Layers of paint + drawing + paint + drawing

I am almost out of my vacation glue and also my cream colored paper. Still have my sketchbook of course. I am using a lot of Ivory White gouache, moon colored/ tooth colored. I wish I had a water-crayon or pastel like that!

🐚 ☀️ drawing and painting in bits and pieces whenever I can in Mexico. Mostly just plants and things. I brought no blue. The ocean is incredible

Another from this weekend. 🌟🌟🌟 Torn pieces of some beautiful marbled papers by @misty.granade are collaged in.

Had the most amazing weekend in DC with my art journaling friends. I am often drained after social gatherings but I left this one completely filled up bc we made art together all day every day. It really was magical!!

February drawings 🌟

Jul 9 Mike on Our Front Porch

Jul 7 Swans on Rice Paper