Solo Exhibition of the work of the artist Mary Ahern at The Atelier at Flowerfield, in St. James NY. April 14 – May 31, 2024. Reception TBA.
ARTIST STATEMENT:
As a passionate gardener, my art is as intricately entwined as the gardens surrounding my studio. The lessons learned from the garden permeate my work.
With boldness in color & scale my art summons, with seeming simplicity, the complex questions of existence and purpose. These flowers represent a microcosm of the universe in their families and community as well as their quest for survival, eventual senescence and rebirth.
The interconnectedness and balance, whether of the cosmos in which we exist here on earth or that of an ephemeral flower flirting with a butterfly in the midst of a garden, call our attention to the fragility and interdependency of our existence. With a duality of macro and micro vision, my flowers invite the viewer to see, larger than life, the intricacy and purpose of their existence. And in their boldness, I suggest a contemplation of their relevance and ours in the social order of our universe.
