INSPIRATION JURIED EXHIBITION

ROSE MARIE PRINS

ROSE MARIE PRINS

(Albuquerque, NM)

A Leaf in the Wind: Beleric Myrobalan

cold wax, mixed media on canvas, 22 x 18 inches

Price: $1118.25

includes tax + shipping fee

ARTIST STATEMENT

Until schizophrenia struck his brilliant mind, my son, the late Jaro Majer, was inspired to write poetry. This painting is part of the series A Leaf in the Wind, created as a memorial to him.

I began working on this series of mixed media paintings and prints during a residency in India in the winter of 2016–2017, shortly after Jaro passed away. Later, I published a book combining his poems with my artwork: A Leaf in the Wind: Poems by Jaro Majer, Artwork by Rose Marie Prins.

At the Sanskriti Kendra—an artists’ retreat in New Delhi—the trees inspired me with their fortitude and resilience. Despite drought and suffocating pollution, they survived and thrived.

In the A Leaf in the Wind series, I poured my pain and grief into countless images of Indian leaves. In an attempt to assuage my sorrow, I traced around the leaves repeatedly, sometimes incorporating the actual leaves I gathered in India into the work.

Leaves from trees such as Tree of Sadness, Devil’s Tree, and Krishna’s Buttercup became metaphors for my lost son.

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