Print of painting, "The Last Night"
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Print of painting, "The Last Night"
$19.99
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Glossy print (5x7) in white mat (8x10). Different sizes available by request.
About
Comprised of eight canvases, this piece is asymmetrical in size and fits together like a puzzle to make one cohesive image. I upcycle most of my canvases (in efforts to reduce waste and make both more environmentally-conscious and cost-effective art), so I am limited to what I can buy secondhand. This piece is my take on a temporary and more sustainable mural.
As for the meaning behind the piece:
- I feel like we're stuck in a never-ending night that is dark and terrifying. As a Millennial, my generation has experienced far too many once-in-a-generation events, so it feels like we've never felt the sun. This isn't the world we were promised; in fact, it's much, much worse. Hence, the thunderstorm.
- But sometimes, I see glimmers of hope, of change coming. Other times, I see things that make me think the world is only getting worse. Hence, the sky; is it a sunrise and good things are coming? Or is it a sunset and things are getting worse? We don't know. Is it so bad that I need to flee the country, take that path tucked amongst the stalks to sunnier places? Or do I stay rooted as the sunflowers do, to fight for what I believe is right?
- Using phytoremediation, sunflowers help remove toxins from the soil and water during post-nuclear disaster cleanups. And here, they represent how we're all going to need to pitch in to clean up this mess we're in. At night, as they rotate east to greet the sun, they tend to look at one another, something else I think we're all going to need to do to get through these tough times. So they are a call to action and a reminder that we're not alone.