Wild Wings

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Amara L.W.

Pen and watercolor

• Artist Statement

  I created this piece for my mother. She has always encouraged me to be creative and branch out of my comfort zone. Seven years ago, after her divorce she began to plant garden made entirely of native plants. Her garden is a constant reminder and inspiration to me about how you can turn difficult and challenging experiences into something beautiful. That's why the wings of my watercolor butterfly are painted and filled in with the same native plants I see in my California community and garden. I love butterflies, their message of transformation and rebirth reminds of that life is also movement and change, and we can choose to adapt in ways that are beautiful.

• Creative Statement

  Creativity means allowing my ideas, my energy, my feelings, and thoughts to all emerge through me. Whether it be writing, reading, sketching, dance, or visual arts. Creativity is just being your most true self.