Acrylic on Birch
101x101cm
In this evocative work, the domestic table is reimagined as a sacred altar where the mundane and the ancestral converge. The artist explores a matrilineal inheritance, casting the magpie as a living echo of the women who came before, a collective of mothers and grandmothers who woven the safety net of the present.
By rejecting formal histories found in heavy books for the frantic honesty of a child's crayon and the steady consumption of a candle's flame, the piece documents history through the lens of lived experience. These avian guardians serve as keepers of stories "too loud to be told," ensuring that the fire passed down through generations remains bright enough to illuminate the path for the one who comes after. It is a profound meditation on maternal strength, domesticity, and the unapologetic volume of a shared lineage.
Acrylic on Birch
101x101cm
In this evocative work, the domestic table is reimagined as a sacred altar where the mundane and the ancestral converge. The artist explores a matrilineal inheritance, casting the magpie as a living echo of the women who came before, a collective of mothers and grandmothers who woven the safety net of the present.
By rejecting formal histories found in heavy books for the frantic honesty of a child's crayon and the steady consumption of a candle's flame, the piece documents history through the lens of lived experience. These avian guardians serve as keepers of stories "too loud to be told," ensuring that the fire passed down through generations remains bright enough to illuminate the path for the one who comes after. It is a profound meditation on maternal strength, domesticity, and the unapologetic volume of a shared lineage.
