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Curiosity was the catalyst of The Molecular Series. What started as a palette deviation became a series embodying the unseen parts of myself that I never acknowledged before. The forms, shapes, and color palette of each painting are representations of emotions and epiphanies I’m working through.
Unlike scientific illustrations of molecular biology, I wanted my molecular beings to be abstract and have an otherworldly feel. But to maintain a connection to our known world, they are all named Flora, an ode to my middle name, and cilia, a molecular structure found on cells.
A NOTION MADE REAL
With each Flora, I’m creating physical manifestations of my life. From works that take months to develop to ones I create in an evening, each acknowledges my sentience and the ripple it creates.
My desire with this series is to inspire creativity and that everyone to turn their thoughts inward to see what they can learn from pondering their life experiences at a molecular level.
I’ve been creating custom art surfaces for the last few years to connect with my series further. Before, each Flora I painted was “trapped” on the white background of a canvas. During this phase, I dubbed them illuminated scenes.
Now, with my ability to create panels from wood, they’ve been freed from the confines and can more freely occupy any space.