"Mended" is an 8" x 8" x 3 Triptych.
Acrylic and textured clear gesso on mat board. Finished with fine iridescent gold.
At the time this work is in my private collection.
Currently, only Fine art giclee prints are available upon request for complete triptych or individual pieces.
Each 8"x8" image prints on high quality textured fine art paper for $50 each plus shipping.
The total size of each print is 12" x 12" with the 2" border included for framing.
8” x 8” Self Portrait triptych on mat board.
I was given the opportunity to participate in Sergio Gomez’s Self-Portrait Show in Chicago. Hosted by Art Next Level. Curator Sergio Gomez, MBA. The show was held at 33 Contemporary Gallery in Chicago Illinois at the Zhou B Art Center.
I chose to create my self-portrait In Kintsugi style. Using gold to heal and seal. Looking at the promise of wholeness. Hope in the midst of brokenness is the message here. I chose a floral to depict myself at this time. A magnolia. Beginning with An explosion of New Birth, a closed bloom with promise and life.
In the second panel, you see the void, loss of color and life but the healing has begun. The second bloom has matured but has been broken, tarnished and worn down from trials and circumstances of life.
In life, it’s inevitable not to be affected by the things around us and we sometimes take on the character of that trial or struggle. At one point in my life, I was the product of emotional and physical pain and trauma with loss of purpose and self-worth, but I was also a child of promise. Here you can see through the layers of the petals- Transparent and vulnerable but still having an authentic heart, longing to live again. Longing to thrive again.
The promise is the healing then the sealing with gold.
The third panel is a bloom healed and made whole, full of color and life. But also with some areas showing the process of physical death. As well as signifying we must die to ourselves to truly live. The broken areas are evident to see because of the gold that is applied in the Kintsugi Method, repairing it and sealing it.
Materials used here are mat board, clear gesso, acrylic paint, pallet knife, and fluid acrylic fine metallic gold pigment.
- Subject Matter: Contemporary Floral
- Collections: Kintsugi Collection