I received another Honorable Mention Award! This time it was my ”Rose Petals” piece at The Kudzu Art Zone Gallery this past weekend. The show was juried by Ronnie Offen. Ronnie is a local atlanta artist who does beautiful pastels. Her comment was she loved the depth and movement of this piece. It’s one of my favorite pieces as well! The title of this show is “Creative Beginnings” and one of the requirements was to write a statement telling how this piece was a creative beginning for us. Here’s my statement:
I recently left my professional career to pursue my dream of becoming a professional artist. The hot melting wax was a warm relief to the stresses I had endured. Working in wax feels so organic that I became drawn to elements from nature to add to my compositions. “Rose Petals” is one of my first collage pieces.
This piece contains dried petals from a bouquet of roses given to me on my 40th birthday. Truly a creative beginning in my life!
