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Child's crayon drawing of four people, one pregnant woman with dark curly hair in a white dress, a man with blonde hair in green and blue clothing, and two dolls, one with brown hair in a blue dress, on a pink background.

Calder Dreams

Oil pastel

2025, children’s book illustration (Conceptualization for the Whitney Museum of American Art)

Cover of a book titled 'Calder Dreams' featuring an impressionist painting of a house surrounded by trees with dark blue sky
A painting of a woman lying on a bed and a man sitting beside her, with colorful hanging mobiles above. The woman is smiling, and the man is speaking, saying, 'Good night, my darling, Sandra. When you wake, come to the attic.' The woman responds, 'It is a mobile,' said Sandy, 'for why should art be static?'
A pink background with a black line drawing of figures and faces created from wire, some of which are categorized as acrobats and figurines. There is a small girl with a blue dress and curly hair in the bottom right corner, and a text that reads: "The wire that was once the stairs now contorted into faces. Acrobats and figurines all took her different places."
Children walking up a hall with a person, labeled as Sandra rose from her bed, with a wall and doorway visible, and another child following Louisa.
Child looking at a table with clay figures, with a green wall behind her and paintings on the wall to her left.
A pastel-colored illustration of a girl with two adults, possibly her parents, in a dance setting. The girl is in a blue dress, and the adults are engaged in dance. Text on the image reads, "Sandra ate her breakfast before swaying with her father's art. The oats had filled her stomach, and then the dancing filled her heart." In the bottom left corner, there is a drawing of a plate with food and utensils.