Philosopher Emmanuel Levinas wrote in “Totality and Infinity” (1961), “[T]he face [is] a source from which all meaning appears”. My family was in a state of flux (as are all families). I wanted to establish a record of familial status at a fixed point in time. Even as I painted, grandchildren matured. Loved ones died. Cancers, surgeries, wrinkles. Changes. Humanity recorded in paint. An ongoing project begun in 2017.