Living With a Mark
December 11th, 2023 | by Ashley MacLure
My mother sleeps all day, takes too many pills, and doesn’t recognize me at night
About Ashley MacLure
Ashley MacLure
Ashley MacLure is a mixed media artist who works with charcoal, drawing, collage, and painting. Her work explores motherhood, grief, mental illness, and trauma. She is trained in traditional and digital 2D illustration methods. She graduated from Rhode Island School of Design in 2009 with a BFA in Illustration and from Framingham State University in 2023 with an M.Ed concentration in Visual Arts. She currently works as a high school art instructor and is especially passionate about teaching young people to think like artists and use their skills to improve their communities. Ashley lives with her daughter and husband in Massachusetts.