The Landscape of My Mother
$2450.00 CAD
The Landscape of My Mother
2024
Mixed media: Acrylic & Chalkboard Paint on Canvas
36"x48"
Currently on view at The Artist Project, 2024.
As an intuitive painter, I'm never quite sure what will come out on the canvas. I start painting and observe as the work evolves. These paintings surprised me... the color scheme, the glow. Where did these images come from?
My work is strongly influenced by feelings and childhood memories... it took me a few days to find the memory of this. In the 80's my mother wanted to write a children's book. I don't remember if she ever got to a story, but we would sit at the kitchen table with markers and create "illustrations" for the book. It was very 80's, can you feel Keith Haring's influence? Dayglow colors and glowing orbs, even pyramids ala "Desperately Seeking Susan". I love the nostalgia in these pieces.
As for the title, "The Landscape of My Mother", this work literally feels like something my mother would have drawn. It feels like it belongs to her, and I'm good with that.
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Thank you for looking, and thank you for seeing.