Artist: Marlena Wild
Title: Tree of Life
Medium: Mixed media watercolor, acrylic collage
Dimensions: 24 x 18 inches
Price: $2500
Artist Statement: I was taught that choosing the right meant self-denial—a surrender of feeling for the sake of obedience. But this piece is a return. The heart, no longer silenced, becomes the root. From it grows life—soft, strong, and sacred. This is not rebellion, it is remembering that to follow the heart is to follow God within–and that is choosing the right.
Artist Bio: I create layered works based on my perspective of all that is, portrayed both physically and metaphorically to convey a poignant message that can be understood in stages by all. To show that all is a part of the whole—some parts known and others unknown. Neither is one without the other, for negative space is necessary to define any picture.
I explore the concepts of light and dark, black and white in regard to race, religion, and gender, through several different perspectives, mediums, and dimensions, and address how our opinions and understandings of duality shape our worlds while also giving a voice to my past, present, and future views.
