Floral Arrangement
Inspiration - The cover art for The New What Next by Hot Water Music
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Choices bloom along our golden path. Maybe in another life I could have gone Right.
Acrylic on wood panel, 25 x 25in, Ampersand panel frame (black.)
Framed next to the original cover
*Process
The original cover of New what Next is an assemblage of a map (pathways,) a plant (life/growth,) and a skull (death.) This new image captures a similar thematic direction with this person’s life choices manifesting as a tangle growing out of his head.
This fellow stresses for a living. This image represents the feeling of indecision and anxiety. Flowers represent life events or important moments along each branch. Every branch is a choice. Our man is moving through a public environment (the background branches,) contributing to the tangled thicket with his chaos. Stress manifests as sweat on his brow. He could have taken any number of those branches at the crossroads but his choices were his and his alone.