Details

• 10×12 frame matted to 8×10” mixed media piece, painted coffee paper, hand cut and torn, acrylic paint, fine art paper, gold leaf, resin, and varnished for lasting color

• Framed in Bamboo and Matted

• Signed on back by the artist

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Artist Statement

While I have been creating this series I can’t help but think of the metaphor comparing postpartum motherhood to a flamingo “getting its pink back.” Supposedly after giving birth, female flamingos lose their pink coloring for a season before eventually gaining their color back.

Many mothers have found themselves identifying with this concept, and shew so do I! Whether physically, mentally, or emotionally, I am still in a season (11 months postpartum) where I am slowly gaining pieces of myself back. Including regaining my ability to be creative.

While these pieces of art aren’t specifically derived from that concept, I have been sitting with this sense as I have been creating them. Layer by layer, with pinks and reds, slowly regaining and learning new pieces of myself as I create.

Whether it’s motherhood or any other major or collective adjustment you’re navigating I hope these pieces of art serve as a reminder that you will find yourself again. The challenge is to greet and gently embrace all these new pieces that have been birthed from this and subsequent seasons.

About Haley

Haley is a self taught and formally educated artist. While studying Psychology Haley participated in  every art studio class available at Georgetown College. She also studied Art History while abroad in Czech Republic. She has continued to further her education post grad, taking evening painting skills  courses at Vanderbilt University, and more recently with artist Jenny Nelson. You can find her work around Louisville, Kentucky featured in various businesses and in homes across the country.