ARTIST STATEMENT
I am celebrating the beauty in life and the turmoil of pandemic. Anxiety and unease pervades our daily lives but as I look out my window nature is in full bloom giving way to new life. It is a time of mixed emotions. And a reminder that life is mostly a matter of perspective. Sometimes we can't control the direction of our lives. I believe in these times we need to acknowledge and embrace this conflict.
This tension is explored in my new series of collages. As the flowers float in a pool of milky-white wax, one wonders, are they drowning like Ophelia or are they emerging from the depths, reborn? For me they are both, depending on the moment. Sometimes happy, a lovely blossoming of color and love. And sometimes sad, like water nymphs with a beautiful song ready to lead me below.