Mamawish is a series of colorful cut-out collages which were my response to a story created by my friend Karen Braga for her adopted Chinese daughter. The story takes place far far away on the other side of the world in the ocean where a great king grumbles, 'No more babies can be born!' An octopus fears for the life of her little baby so she hides her in a sea anemone and sadly leaves her in his care. One day a turtle hears the baby octopus crying and falls immediately in love with the creature and brings her home to be her own baby.