MAKING THE EPHEMERAL LAST BY ALICIA SCHULTZ
Flowers are nature’s form of art: the vibrant and soft colours, the beautiful lines, the imperfections. Yet, their beauty is fleeting. They take your breath away only to fade a short time later. They are temporary, and once a particular type of flower has finished blooming, you wait another year to see them again. For me, the passing of time is quick when keeping track with each blooming flower. I have this desire to take the ephemeral beauty and make it a little less temporary.
WHY FLOWERS? My love for painting, drawing, and making art with flowers stems from spring. I have lived in places with distinct winters, where everything living fades away and the weather turns cold and brown. Flowers have always been a sign of life, hope, and of spring and summer coming. When I lived in New York City, they turned the cold, gray, concrete, building-filled city into something alive again. I’d walk blocks out of the way to see the magnolias blooming, which were some of the first signs of the changing of seasons.
Flowers are nature’s form of art: the vibrant and soft colours, the beautiful lines, the imperfections.
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