My Mother's Daughter is a group of paintings I viewed across during the creative process.

It is a series of five self-portraits that explore the complex relationship between mothers and daughters. The paintings represent different aspects of the artist's relationship with her mother and how this has affected their self-image and mental health. The series focuses on dissociation, capturing the subjective sense of strangeness, unreality, fragmentation and perceptual shifts associated with childhood trauma. The artist began by drawing her own image adorned with angel wings, using Photoleap artificial intelligence to generate hundreds of iterations until an image evoked strong emotions. The detachment from technology is a protective mechanism that replicates the subject of the work. These paintings offer a unique perspective on the human condition, exploring the complexities of identity, relationships and mental health.
 
The first work, My Mother's Daughter, is a fantastical, surreal image from the artist's childhood that reflects the impact of her complex relationship with her mother. The second work, Angel's Eye, is accompanied by a poem written by her mother, offering the viewer a glimpse into a different life trajectory.
 
My Mother's Daughter represents a profound personal examination of how the artist's identity as an adult was formed through a complex and destructive mother-daughter relationship. By inviting the audience to participate in the work, the artist hopes to trigger a dialogue about the universality of inherited trauma and the power of ‘mother's daughters’. I resonate deeply with this series of works. I feel that the artist is using the art form of painting to convey the emotional trauma of the mother-daughter relationship that I share with her, and to heal herself. This also makes me realise that the mother-daughter relationship is not only a trauma for women in East Asian cultures, but also a common topic that women around the world need to face on their path of self-growth.