Artist: Brianna Thaxton
Title: Acquiescence
Medium: Pyrography on wood box with white acrylic highlights
Price: $675.00
Dimensions: 6.25 Inches x 8.75 Inches x 1.5 Inches
Artist statement:
Through the centuries the unicorn has symbolized love, Christianity, purity, wisdom, etc. The symbolism of the unicorn has grown to be more personal: my soul. Turmoil outside our control challenges the longevity and endurance these traits have. Emotional and/or mental scars are akin to the scars a burn leaves on wood. With wood burning I find the balance between beauty and pain. In this piece specifically, I come to terms with my spirituality. I'm accepting that my relationship with the Divine is what I make it to be. Eglise Saint André of Orquevaux, France fills the background.
Artist Bio:
I am Brianna Thaxton. I was born 1991 in Salt Lake County, Kearns, Utah, where I currently reside with my husband, Paul. I received my Associates from Snow College, Ephraim, Utah in 2012 and my BFA from the University of Utah in 2015 with an emphasis in painting and drawing. I began wood burning in 2020 and my portfolio shifted to the symbolism of the unicorn in 2021. In November of 2022 I spent four weeks at the Chateau d'Orquevaux Artist and Writers Residency in Champagne-Ardenne, France and was awarded the Denis Diderot Grant. At this open studio residency I was free to embrace the allegory of the unicorn and have continued to develop it on a personal level, likening the unicorn to the human soul.
