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T i m e . . .

the universal measurement of life’s progression . . . age.

 

N a t u r e . . .

a precious gift . . . transient in it’s beauty when subjected to time.   

 

— ILLENYE

Artist Statement

It is the common things that are most often taken for granted  -- the fruit and flowers of our daily sustenance -- nourishment for body and soul, respectively.   These are delicate and fleeting gifts.   Through my work, I elicit a greater appreciation for their beauty by elevating them to the forefront of the observer’s attention.   While my paintings isolate a particular moment in time, it is through the details -- a browning, torn leaf, the curling of a dried petal, a broken stem, bruised fruit, dewdrops -- that I evoke a sense of transience in Nature’s beauty.   I take the observer through many phases of growth from bud to blossom, ripening fruit to withering vine -- life and death and ultimately, rebirth of spirit, for within this beauty we find comfort and peace.

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