Perimenopause Portrait, 2026, ink on paper, 20 x 26 in. / 50.8 x 66.04 cm.

Perimenopause Portrait, Brandi Parker, 2026, ink on paper, 20 x 26 in. / 50.8 x 66.04 cm.

In my typical style of organic, abstract forms that come together to make a sort of face and brain image, we see an exposed form of my brain and what it feels like to be in the throes of perimenopause, while being a mom with a young child, as my own mother fades away with Alzheimer's disease.