‘Prayer Trees’
April 15 – 30, 2022, Campo, Playa Guiones, Nosara, Costa Rica
This latest body of work is shaped by the artist’s interest in exploring multiple semantic systems including the mystical-allegorical language of alchemy and classical Greek mythology along with Christological symbolism drawn from Byzantine and early Renaissance painting and illuminated manuscripts. She is drawn to themes and allegories of light, shadow, transformation and metamorphosis from human to plant or animal form, along with the transmutation of the individual from the physical to the spiritual realm. The artist continues to derive deep inspiration from the potent natural world that surrounds her in Costa Rica, specifically the Pulmeria tree as representative of a central icon, adorned with talismans for prayer and contemplation. The catalyst for the artist’s interest in creating this personal spiritual practice was born out of her transformative battle with cancer and a desire to reexamine herself, her cultural identity as a Greek-American living in Costa Rica, and what she seeks to invoke and manifest moving forward.
Inspire me, O gods and spin me a thread from the worlds beginning down to my own lifetime, in one continuous poem.
- Ovid, Metamorphoses
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