Flowers from the center of the universe: traveling time, space and finding the way for myself
(Project January 2018 – Present)
My work expresses two different sides of my life: reality and fantasy.
Political issues have motived my work including political self-portraits. I balance that expression using flower petals in my other recent work. This includes creating images of guns and weapons inspired by the news also using dried flowers as a form of therapy. I’m creating other weapon imagery with natural media like cement, wood, and stones. Some found objects from nature I use to create my bloom of happiness to contrast the negativity I feel from the news of events like the Florida shooting.
In the Flower Grenade, I wore a military uniform and helmet with a flower overlay to represent a different vision of war where I’m sharing flowers instead of fighting. My intent is to show that with nature or flowers war cannot happen because we will share love.
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- Flower Weapons 2018 _ Dried flower petals on canvas with resin _ 36 x 24 x 2 inches(each)
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- Flower Grenade#2: Cement, wood, plastic toy grenade and dried flower petals with resin 9 x 12 x 2 inches
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- Flower Bullets #2 2018 _ Wood, cement, dried flower petals with wax _ 12 x 16 x 2 inches
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- Wood, cement, stones, dried flower petals with resin 29 x 10 x 2 inches
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- Flower Grenade Installation 2018_Flower Helmet 10 x 8 x 5 inches/Flower Grenade 5 x 3 x 6 inches/Flower Military Jacket (each) 24 x 36 x 1 inches Dried flower petals, existing materials with resin
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- Center: Dried flower petals on wood panel with resin 10 x 8 x 1 inches (each)
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- The center of the universe 2018_ horse hair on oiled paper _ 20 x 30 x 1 inches
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- Flower Division: 4 x 4 x 1 inches (each) / 14 x 14 x 1 inches (all) Dried flower petals on canvas with resin
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- Universe #2: Each 12 x 12 x 1 inches Stones and dried flower petals on canvas with resin
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- Flower Bullets #1 2018_ Wood, cement, dried flower petals with wax_ 12 x 14 x 2 inches
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- Flower Gun #3 2018_ Dried Flower Petals on Canvas with resin and mix media
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- Flower Bullets #3 2018_ Wood, cement, dried flower petals with wax_ 8 x 11 x 2 inches