Flourish: A National Juried Exhibition Featuring Floral and Botanical Artworks
- March 19, 2022 - April 16, 2022
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On Site Exhibition
On the Brink of Becoming Acquainted
- Transparent watercolor & aluminum leaf
- 23 x 23 in
- NFS
- Rowena Finn
Artist Statement: Painting botanicals as portraits allows me to explore ideas about our connected lives and individual potential while stripping away the biases of gender, race, and body types. What is beautiful? What deserves to thrive? What, if anything, should be pruned? In this world of endless distractions, we can forget the importance of slowing down and noticing. Like my subjects which are routinely mowed over, pruned, or chopped down, how much individual potential is lost because no one stopped to notice?