This series in gouache and watercolor explores the interplay between order and chaos, mutation and evolution. I depict fantastical flowers set against backgrounds that use a system of grids as a framework. Established order is broken allowing for unpredictable results to emerge. The tension between the rigid grid and the organic, mutated flowers invites the viewer to contemplate the balance between the planned and the spontaneous. By layering these mutated flowers over the systematically created backgrounds, parallels between the creative process and the mechanisms of evolutionary adaptation emerge.
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