Poisonous Peony

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Poisonous Peony by Edith Waddell

8″ x 8″, 13″ x 13″ with frame, Acrylic on Wood Panel

Current Exhibition at Flower Pepper Gallery: Here Comes Summer from June 4th to July 5th, 2016

Previous Exhibition at Flower Pepper Gallery:
- Foliage from September 5th to October 6th, 2015

Artist Statement:
“My artwork is an exploration into the human psyche. I use elements taken from flora, fauna and my own recurrent dreams to personify internal emotional conflicts on such subjects as phobia, genetic experimentation, maternity, narcissism, seduction and spirituality. Fragments from the exterior natural world, as well as our own internal emotional world, inspire the concepts in my work. This conceptual material offers me a wellspring of symbolic language that allows me to compose anthropomorphic floral arrangements and whimsical hybrid creatures.

My preferred medium is acrylic paint, although at times I have combined digital painting with traditional painting, ink drawings, collage and printmaking. I play with the effects of bold, neon vibrant colors in order to overtly express what is normally unspoken, taboo, or subconscious.

Through my hybrid imagery, I introduce a secret story, sometimes hidden in plain sight within the overall composition. My goal is to make visible that which is overlooked, confronting the public with the dark and mysterious aspects of their own psyches, emotional struggles, and their relationship with the natural environment. My work is an invitation to make an introspective examination and reflection into our own existence, both physical and spiritual.” – Edith Waddell

Artist Website: http://edithwaddell.com

Poisonous Peony is featured on Beautiful/Decay: Edith Waddell Creates Hallucinatory Symmetry With Feminine Motifs And Hybrid Botanicals wrote by Christina Nafziger. Click here to read full article.

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