In 2019, I began portraits of two young Armenian girls, Anahit and Arevik. Many days I transported my sculpting stand and tools to the girls’ homes where they would sit, and fidget, while I attempted, with high hopes, to capture their incredible faces in clay. Then the pandemic arrived, the girls grew older and I got sidetracked. It was only in the spring of 2023 that I uncovered the clay and revived my efforts, this time with some frustration and worry, to complete them. These busts are studies for a larger genocide memorial that I am planning (view clay maquette).