Monica Maravelias

I take nature personally. Living on the coast, I often watched the fog roll in off the Pacific Ocean and  transform a sunny day into a foggy day in a matter of minutes.  Most times, swirling clouds swooped in from the deep cold waters to strangle the warm light out of  the day. At other times, tendrils of mist  flayed in agony from the hot sun burning them back. In that  perpetual  battle at the boundary between sun and fog, I  could see  the universal quest to find balance  in the world. The  chaotic, unpredictable nature of the mist at the edge of the fog bank echoed the  inevitable disorder of   transitions.
In my current work, I  explore transitional points in the destructive and creative forces of man and nature. From botany and  desire to genetic engineering and chaos theory, the constant flux of  our existence is fascinating to comprehend and express . As I  question my own impact while searching  for hope on this fertile planet, I  manufacture my own answers as we all perch together on the edge of catastrophe.

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