Patience Painting

Patience was created out of the need to experiment with new mediums during the first year of the pandemic. Cold wax was interesting especially for its ability to conceal and encase other material. I had recently lost my mother and found letters from her which I wanted to preserve and use in my work so naturally having them covered in wax felt useful. Other items are embedded within the painting, some meaningful, other objects just aesthetically pleasing to the composition. The main idea surrounding the expression was a theme of missing my mother, exploring my new identity as an adult child without her, and the remnants of how she made me feel as a child. She told me glorious things like how she felt I would always be an artist and how much she loved my work, things a mother would do. How those statements impact me now, how they helped develop my character and confidence are what is expressed in the words carved into the wax, the sentiments of the harmonizing colors and the chaos our life was together. The dichotomy of those feelings are presented by the contrasting and opposing tones, the lively line work and the over complicated composition. Somehow it's all neutralized and harmonious, just like our relationship. Influences of Joan Mitchell and Lee Krasner are present.

Painting:Acrylic on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:24 W x 30 H x 1.5 D in

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