Seasonality

2007
Mixed Media on Canvas (Framed)

Collector’s Notes

Composition:
This diptych pairs two seasons — Autumn and Spring — in a tactile exploration of nature’s rhythm. The left canvas glows with warm russet, gold, and burnished tones, anchored by textured leaves and metallic details, evoking crisp air and falling foliage. The right canvas bursts with freshness: vibrant greens, blues, and fiery oranges surround a heart-shaped kite soaring freely, capturing the spirit of renewal and release.

Color & Texture:
Deep metallics, foil, sequins, ribbon, and layered paper create a dimensional surface that shimmers with changing light. The contrast between Autumn’s earthy warmth and Spring’s jubilant palette speaks to the cyclical duality of endings and beginnings.

Medium & Technique:
In true mixed media form, this work integrates acrylic paint with nontraditional elements: foil, bangles, sequins, ribbons, and newsprint. The tactile richness embodies the sensory experience of each season — the crunch of leaves underfoot, the buoyancy of a kite in a clear sky.

Style & Story:
Echoing the roots of modern mixed media pioneered by Picasso, Braque, and Matisse, this piece channels both history and personal interpretation. By weaving unconventional materials into the canvas, the artist elevates memory and emotion into tangible form — reminding us that life, like art, is layered and ever-shifting.

Emotional Connection:
Seasonality carries a spirit of reflection and joy. Autumn’s nostalgia is met by Spring’s hope, creating a dialogue between release and renewal. Collectors are invited to feel both the grounding comfort of change and the uplift of possibility.

Context & Significance:
Created in 2007, this work represents the artist’s deepening exploration of mixed media as a personal language. It reveals how materials themselves can hold metaphor: sequins sparkle like sunlight on leaves, foil crackles like dry bark, and ribbon arcs like the flight of a kite. The piece is not just about seasons, but about the cycles of the heart and life itself.

Message from the Artist

This piece is a meditation on cycles — the inevitability of change and the beauty woven into each phase of time. By moving through seasonal hues and forms, I wanted to suggest how life itself is shaped by repetition and renewal, by endings that prepare the ground for beginnings.

The work became for me a kind of mirror. It asked me to consider not only how nature turns, but how we too move through our own seasons: moments of growth, of decline, of stillness. Each carries its own lessons, its own subtle gifts.

Rather than lament impermanence, Seasonality invites acceptance. In honoring the shifting rhythms of our lives, we come to see that beauty lies not in permanence, but in the tender flow of change.