I believe mothers can exist outside the typical concept of the role, taking on different forms and shapes. The presences of flowers can give many of the qualities we seek from mothers: comfort, peace, warmth, connection, curiosity. In capturing these tulips, I approached them more as a portrait than as a still-life, posing them in the best lighting, finding their interesting angles. Treating them more as a person than as a flowers. Having these images then printed on fabric on a large scale allows for a person sized interaction with the work. The movement of the fabric mimicking gestures as if the viewer was in conversation with the piece.