LORNA FILIPPINI
The world around us is a wonder. So often we pass our stressful days without stopping to notice how curious and amazing a gift our world is. Yet everyday we make conscious and unconscious decisions that shape our lives and our world. I document my walks with quick un-composed photos of anything that catches my eye. Later, I often find themes within images I've taken. They rest and percolate until a few rise to the surface asking to be painted.
In my past career as a textile conservator, my struggle was against time and nature to preserve materials beyond their natural life. As a gardener, I attempt to make order out of the chaos of vegetative growth. In my painting I try to understand, order and stabilize these constant struggles. I unify through color, stabilize through composition and crystallize these little battles taking place all around us. Through my paintings I can acknowledge the demands we place on our environment and find hope that the resilience of earth, with our efforts, will be as tenacious as the smallest weed that can crack and eventually bring down the mightiest wall.
