SOLD
34” x 22”
Pressed flowers, spray paint, flashe on Beatles’ White Album original record insert
2024
Both music and flowers are exchanged during life’s poignant moments. Music is used to elevate the mood, set the tone, inspire celebration or facilitate grief…and somehow, flowers are just as versatile; they’re exchanged to mark a beautiful occasion, gifted to inspire joy during difficult times. For the artist, flowers are considered the physical embodiment of music - they represent the physical manifestation of a fleeting emotional experience.
For this piece, the artist wanted to commemorate the important role that music has played in the collector’s life as a musician. Luckily, there are album covers, written lyrics and beautiful songs that we can listen to when we want to conjure memories of past experiences. Music never expires, it’s evergreen, and yet it’s entirely intangible, invisible, existing only in space and time. Flowers, on the other hand, bloom for a short period, offering an ephemeral burst of beauty that can be seen, felt and enjoyed only in the moment. Flowers can be touched and held, but they cannot be kept; whereas music can be called upon at any time, kept forever in one format or another.
In an attempt to immortalize the memories we’d like to hold onto and honour the painful times we didn’t think would pass but inevitably have, the artist is using specific flowers that are indigenous to the Simcoe Country region (where the collector recalls fond memories of time spent in Creemore) along with indigenous flowers to Central and Southern Ontario (where the collector currently lives) to create a visual symphony of memories. Imagining each flower represents a musical note, flowers are arranged in both structured and chaotic clusters to suggest different musical movements (and their corresponding memories) of times past.
This piece is an exploration of old and new, of complexity and simplicity; a celebration of the mystery of what’s to come and a nod to the hazy recollection of what’s passed. A tangible reminder that beauty can be seen while at the same time recognizing that true gratitude and joy can only be felt and experienced.
The artist hopes this piece will prompt the collector to wonder:
If every flower you ever picked on your best and worst days were a song, what would the symphony of your life sound like?
If you could hold all the hope of what’s to come for you in your hands, what would the bouquet of your wildest dreams look like?
More info about this product:
This painting was commissioned by a client for a residence in Burlington. As with all pieces, it was hand-stretched by the artist in her studio on 1.5" gallery profile stretcher bars and comes ready to hang with mounting hardware, a certificate of authenticity, and a printed description. Commissions are unique and specific to each client: dimensions are agreed on between client and artist and each original painting is the result of a private interview and conversation between the client and artist.
For more information about commissions, use the Contact page to reach out to the artist directly.
*This is an original painting by Tania LaCaria, there is only one in the world.