Mother-and-child imagery takes a grotesque twist, melding with abstract forms based on geological formations, and rained down upon with a gold-leafed pattern that connotes blood, milk, sweat, or other bodily fluids. I specifically referenced the hands of German expressionist dancer Mary Wigman for the witchy, conjuring limbs that frame the bodies. She is known for a dance titled “Hexentanz” (“witch dance”), to which I pay homage in the painting’s title. The body language here suggests a vampiric relationship between mother and child, tapping into both maternal ambivalence and utter devotion, while navigating my experience with infertility treatment and postpartum healing.