Circle of Motherhood

3/13/2022

Watercolor on paper

46 x 61cm (18 x 24 inches)

I enjoy taking multiple photos of a flower to record different stages of  its withering process. Each person has unique facial features, minor imperfections and traces of aging, therefore using portrait to preserve a certain moment of him is essential. Showing unique flaws of each flower is like capturing a model’s subtle expressions. It adds vitality and personalities to them. The color spots on those slowly drying out petals are visualized evidence of the intangible concept of time. 

I found fresh buds, flowers in full blossom, flowers that are withering and already dried out flowers co-exist in the same place, creating this mysterious narrative space that visualizes an overlapping status of different life moments of the same object.