Flow Artwork

"Flow" is a large artwork with delightful and complex textures, interweaving light and shadow, smooth simple surfaces with intricate layered tactile surfaces. It inspires a sense of peace and harmony that is a soothing balm in a complicated world, and is a reminder that we are all connected - that we all have that flow of universal energy running through us. It is inspired by my own life experience: busy, complex, overwhelming in the details. And if I let it, it will take over and I will be lost. "Flow" is a reminder to myself -- and to everyone out there that sometimes feels overwhelmed by the chaos of daily life -- that always, always, there is there, inside of us, that flow of peace, harmony, universal energy. When we feel lost within the complicated, scrunched up, detailed and busy convolutions of our daily lives, we need to take a deep breath and reach for the flow...it is there...inside us...and all we have to do is reach out for it. The materials used are perfect metaphors for the interaction between chaos and order, detail and simplicity. The scrunched up cotton, meticulously arranged in layers, reflects the intricacies of daily life—its challenges, surprises, and the myriad emotions that accompany the journey. The material is, literally, the "material" world with all its convolutions. In contrast, the resin is smooth and calm -- it is(again quite literally!) "fluid". It is simple and peaceful, but not banal. Within its simplicity there are intricacies: its own flow, life and beautiful detail, shown in the alcohol inks and the tiny glass bubbles woven into the layers of resin. The flow itself is also always moving, always changing -- but in a way that soothes and connects us. The overall effect is a visual meditation on the interconnectedness of individual existence with the universal current—a reminder that, despite the intricate details of daily life, a serene undercurrent of harmony is always present for those who choose to perceive it.