Aunt Louise-Memory & Detail
This is a drawn series of doll dresses that my [Great] Aunt Louise made and mailed to me when I was very young. I loved getting them and hearing about her life. She was a government health nurse for fifteen years in Bethel, Alaska, in Hawaii during World War II and spent the last twenty-five years of her career at the Diné [Navajo] hospital in Arizona, just outside Gallup, New Mexico, which is when she sewed these dresses. Forty years later, I drew them.
2000, 8 x 10 inches, prismacolor, gouache, pen & ink
![Aunt Louise.Alaska photo.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6189839704ae442c7ad863bc/d2a13a3f-93cf-4d83-96cb-0da921dacc73/Aunt+Louise.Alaska+photo.jpg)
![Black Dress formal w red trim.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6189839704ae442c7ad863bc/e0739cf9-7b26-4f7a-94d0-48b3f5ad5263/Black+Dress+formal+w+red+trim.jpg)
![Black Suit w embroidery.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6189839704ae442c7ad863bc/644b9ab2-de4e-439e-8a64-c6b9aff89eb0/Black+Suit+w+embroidery.jpg)
![Blue Corduroy Coat_.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6189839704ae442c7ad863bc/dbf2ac30-61b5-4362-a006-39214b3171dc/Blue+Corduroy+Coat_.jpg)
![Blue Dress _ coat formal.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6189839704ae442c7ad863bc/b07b1d08-e434-457e-9e3a-5437d0008d1d/Blue+Dress+_+coat+formal.jpg)
![Blue Dress w hieroglyphic pattern.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6189839704ae442c7ad863bc/4dd239b7-4074-4dca-854a-0b2db1ac1b93/Blue+Dress+w+hieroglyphic+pattern.jpg)
![Blue Dress w white dots.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6189839704ae442c7ad863bc/33f7456b-896a-409d-89f5-cc87390da7d7/Blue+Dress+w+white+dots.jpg)
![Blue felt skirt w sequin stars _ white top.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6189839704ae442c7ad863bc/5936e898-e60a-4d55-9117-560a7ea2f8c8/Blue+felt+skirt+w+sequin+stars+_+white+top.jpg)
![Blue Pants _ Jacket.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6189839704ae442c7ad863bc/6558c161-5cc5-4aaf-89a2-7ef21c248068/Blue+Pants+_+Jacket.jpg)
![Blue Plaid Dress w white collar.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6189839704ae442c7ad863bc/512e53b8-f847-412e-a8d6-3c2cdde65e03/Blue+Plaid+Dress+w+white+collar.jpg)
![Blue Velvet Coat w rhinestone buttons.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6189839704ae442c7ad863bc/bbf2e6fc-6b23-4537-83f9-9ff323ec2a25/Blue+Velvet+Coat+w+rhinestone+buttons.jpg)
![Butterfly Dress.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6189839704ae442c7ad863bc/56b79023-cbf8-4af2-8ee4-2a9dd81084d8/Butterfly+Dress.jpg)
![Diné (Navajo) Dress.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6189839704ae442c7ad863bc/61b4a0be-fc04-4744-8c4d-d41f0e9ff515/Din%C3%A9+%28Navajo%29+Dress.jpg)
![Flower Dress w purple bric-a-brac.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6189839704ae442c7ad863bc/3d49016e-877d-4a27-b061-30f2bcf0452c/Flower+Dress+w+purple+bric-a-brac.jpg)
![Green Dress w pattern _ square collar.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6189839704ae442c7ad863bc/f29d3cc8-7cfe-4188-adbe-6b164cd095d6/Green+Dress+w+pattern+_+square+collar.jpg)
![Pajamas.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6189839704ae442c7ad863bc/ee2b135c-5345-4309-99bb-3d793d6dd67e/Pajamas.jpg)
![Pink Dress dotted swiss day.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6189839704ae442c7ad863bc/0f2813ce-97ee-4ece-93fc-83f8aec692be/Pink+Dress+dotted+swiss+day.jpg)
![Pink Velvet pants _ Sweater_gouache.prismacolor.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6189839704ae442c7ad863bc/0c5cbb87-c113-42cd-bfa5-ebeed42ea6f6/Pink+Velvet+pants+_+Sweater_gouache.prismacolor.jpg)
![Plaid Dress w locket.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6189839704ae442c7ad863bc/9372a339-d158-44f2-876c-b25fd927f41d/Plaid+Dress+w+locket.jpg)
![Purple Dress Diné (Navajo).jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6189839704ae442c7ad863bc/e64ab052-9151-414e-8770-616f22d1101d/Purple+Dress+Din%C3%A9+%28Navajo%29.jpg)
![Red Dress check taffeta.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6189839704ae442c7ad863bc/ac4a6a18-eac1-4a90-9e0d-3c917a5a6861/Red+Dress+check+taffeta.jpg)
![Red Dress formal _ jacket.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6189839704ae442c7ad863bc/50b2dbd6-481c-40a0-9883-d1b5ba82ac47/Red+Dress+formal+_+jacket.jpg)
![Red Dress w white stripes.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6189839704ae442c7ad863bc/1f043cd1-36b1-4f99-8268-76a379c94147/Red+Dress+w+white+stripes.jpg)
![Red Formal Dress_prismacolor.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6189839704ae442c7ad863bc/ecca28ae-7164-4339-a656-df4d7f337fdf/Red+Formal+Dress_prismacolor.jpg)
![Sweater.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6189839704ae442c7ad863bc/5eb9bdf0-47c7-401e-9822-2bd7e7e15b48/Sweater.jpg)
![White Dress w red ribbon_prismacolor.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6189839704ae442c7ad863bc/336e1fdf-9587-4541-8159-3e4e95bc154d/White+Dress+w+red+ribbon_prismacolor.jpg)
![Yellow Dress formal.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6189839704ae442c7ad863bc/9d49a870-6ee1-4604-bdeb-79e1fb369861/Yellow+Dress+formal.jpg)
![Yellow Dress w black bric-a-brac copy.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6189839704ae442c7ad863bc/d44e8d64-f48d-48aa-8a4c-fcbddde9d17f/Yellow+Dress+w+black+bric-a-brac+copy.jpg)