MEREDITH MULHEARN • RPAC Resident Artist
(Above) The Path of an Angel A Tribute to Brooke Blake Created in memory of a girl who was a light in the Ridgefield community, this piece documents her life’s journey and speaks to unconditional love.
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idgefield, Connecticut based conceptual artist, Meredith Mulhearn, has had a lifelong passion for art, and began feverishly creating from the moment she could grasp a crayon. In fact, her pediatrician foretold Meredith’s future as an artist, based on her fine motor skills as a young child. Now, Mulhearn shares her ideas through the artistic process using the language of plants. “Nature has always spoken to me in quiet ways, but now I find there’s an inextricable link between me and the natural world that finds its voice in all my work.” Meredith is most well known for her work around the topic of plant blindness: the inability to see or notice the plants in one’s own environment, which has far reaching implications in terms of plant conservation. Her most recent “root” series, driven by the uncertainly of the pandemic, explores life’s journey, connection to family and a desperate need to feel grounded. Most of the effort that goes into each of Mulhearn’s creations occurs before any physical material comes into play. Hours of silent thought and internal struggle, followed by countless conversations, ultimately lead to the physical representation. She often utilizes unconventional materials, from glass fragments to
