From the shadows a calla lily emerges, glowing, its spadix warmly emanating its radiance through the delicate, translucent spathe, like the wick of a candle shining through its waxy walls. It’s light breaks through the darkness to deliver hope from despair. Calla lilies grow in boggy soils, their flowers arise with ethereal elegance in such lonesome places.
The silhouette resembles the figure of a graceful woman, symbolizing the divine feminine. This flower was painted to be icon-like in nature, which can be reflected upon and used as a point of meditation. The three rays of light that emerge from the flower further move the flower into being an entity, rather than an object.
In this piece I explore the tension between my formal academic training in horticulture, blending scientific observation, with spiritual expression and intent. Informed by The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction by Walter Benjamin, I reflect on the use of art for exchange and exhibition value versus spiritual value, how I fit into this paradigm, and how to capture a sense of preternatural wonder. Let the veil be pierced between the material and spiritual, death and life, and darkness by light.
Note: This painting is framed and matted, its outer dimensions are 18”x14”
From the shadows a calla lily emerges, glowing, its spadix warmly emanating its radiance through the delicate, translucent spathe, like the wick of a candle shining through its waxy walls. It’s light breaks through the darkness to deliver hope from despair. Calla lilies grow in boggy soils, their flowers arise with ethereal elegance in such lonesome places.
The silhouette resembles the figure of a graceful woman, symbolizing the divine feminine. This flower was painted to be icon-like in nature, which can be reflected upon and used as a point of meditation. The three rays of light that emerge from the flower further move the flower into being an entity, rather than an object.
In this piece I explore the tension between my formal academic training in horticulture, blending scientific observation, with spiritual expression and intent. Informed by The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction by Walter Benjamin, I reflect on the use of art for exchange and exhibition value versus spiritual value, how I fit into this paradigm, and how to capture a sense of preternatural wonder. Let the veil be pierced between the material and spiritual, death and life, and darkness by light.
Note: This painting is framed and matted, its outer dimensions are 18”x14”