Actually this work relates to love, motherhood and the passing of those we love. My first in the oil painted series was about the paint felt at the loss of my dog. The first minted piece here however is a positive note to myself as a new mother. I found a pink toy gun at a dollar toy store in Santa Fe and it drummed home for me on so many levels. Especially with what was going on with the school shootings, however the point of the work I created with the guns was about killing with kindness. Because every gun I have painted has been based off the toy gun, the whole collection is about love and motherhood.