Artist: Patricia Kluwe Derderian

Year Completed: 2022

Medium: Acrylic and charcoal on wrapped canvas

Dimensions Inches (HxWxD): 48x48x1.5

Shipping from: US

Additional Information:

Part of my Travel Series that I am calling (lovematter). They explore huge moments in life that changed the way I see the world. I think many people will relate to that. The title of the series plays with the name of the substance dark matter, which was the name of artist Jason Hackenwerth's amazing exhibit at Creative Pinellas in 2022, that left me inspired to think about it and apply it in my own context.

Pure Love (lovematter) shows the new life after we had our 2 kids, a boy and a girl, and the discovery of this new form of love that is so overwhelming and magical. Having kids made me feel like a whole other parallel reality/version of the world and of myself was suddenly created.
-This painting shows an ordinary day at Honeymoon Island, Dunedin-FL. When we sit together and watch the kids play on the sand while we often get emotional thinking about the miracle of life and the luck we have, to LIVE on such an amazing planet. The sailboat is there to represent the physical presence of the wind and the kite comes back as a reminder and symbol of our lives with all its adventures, excitement, emotions, love, fears, doubts, challenges, conquers and also pure joy.-

About the Artist:

I have always loved to walk to places. I would find as many ways as I could to stroll from one place to another even if I had to just move to the opposite sidewalk, just for a different and exciting new perspective. Later on, I majored in architecture and thought a lot about our cities, buildings and spaces and the way they induce us into using and interacting in certain ways. And that, in its hand, dictates - or at least hints - our perception and feelings. It all fascinates me.
Through my paintings I explore memories and feelings connected to these spaces and the people that were a part of that unique moment in time, co-creators of my own life. These crucial moments that for many reasons - some obvious, some, weird and unknown- are still now dancing in my mind, living with their own lines, colors and rhythm.

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